Introduction:
If you are new to Linux operating system, like me, then this page is for you. I had a personal computer (desktop) with Windows 98 and Windows XP installed on it (dual booting). I was able to convert it into a multiple boot machine i.e. Windows98, Windows XP, Ubuntu (a distribution of Linux operating system) and simplyMEPIS (another flavour or distribution of Linux). An HP notebook (laptop), pavilion dv4000 with Windows XP, home edition (40 GB hard drive) was converted into a dual boot sytem, UBUNTU and Windows; after-which it was converted into a multi-boot machine (Windows XP in 15 GB hard drive partition, PCLOS 2007 with updates- in 5 GB hard drive partition, UBUNTU 6.06 LTS with updates in about 7 GB and openSuse with updates- in about 10 GB). Another notebook (Asus F5 series, model F5R) was converted into an only Linux multiple boot machine with the following distributions installed on it: simplyMepis, openSUSE, Mandriva and PCLOS. The 2 laptops (ASUS and HP) were connected together through the Ethernet card and socket to form a peer-to-peer 2-computer LAN, with Asus acting as printer server and HP as internet gateway, as shown in the following sketch:
To read more, click here.
If you are new to Linux operating system, like me, then this page is for you. I had a personal computer (desktop) with Windows 98 and Windows XP installed on it (dual booting). I was able to convert it into a multiple boot machine i.e. Windows98, Windows XP, Ubuntu (a distribution of Linux operating system) and simplyMEPIS (another flavour or distribution of Linux). An HP notebook (laptop), pavilion dv4000 with Windows XP, home edition (40 GB hard drive) was converted into a dual boot sytem, UBUNTU and Windows; after-which it was converted into a multi-boot machine (Windows XP in 15 GB hard drive partition, PCLOS 2007 with updates- in 5 GB hard drive partition, UBUNTU 6.06 LTS with updates in about 7 GB and openSuse with updates- in about 10 GB). Another notebook (Asus F5 series, model F5R) was converted into an only Linux multiple boot machine with the following distributions installed on it: simplyMepis, openSUSE, Mandriva and PCLOS. The 2 laptops (ASUS and HP) were connected together through the Ethernet card and socket to form a peer-to-peer 2-computer LAN, with Asus acting as printer server and HP as internet gateway, as shown in the following sketch:
To read more, click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment