[Solid_Froggy]

Hey all,

I just got a quick question for you guys.

My friend is getting Linux by his uncle because he is connected to Linux and my friend's uncle said that it is best not to use "SuSe" for dual-booting.

So, my question is, (a) Is "SuSe" okay for dual-booting with my Windows XP, and (b) If "SuSe" isn't good for dual-booting, what Linux OS is?

Thanks all!

[saikee]

His uncle obviously doesn't boot much.

I have Suse's Grub bootloader in my PC managing all the operating systems slowing filling in the 43 partitions.

Look at the league table reported here.

[Solid_Froggy]

Um, can you just tell me. That link has all this confusing stuff about some guy who had a problem...at least that is what I got out of it.

Thanks

[lynch]

SUSE will dual-boot just fine.
lynch

[saikee]

In the thread users were trying various bootloaders.

Windows' NTloader can do a maximum of 10 systems.

Linux's Lilo can handle 15 systems maximum.

Linux's Grub doesn't seem to have a limit.

So all of them are perfectly capable to dual boot (or just boot 2 systems)

I am trying to correct impression for Suse's Grub because it is most powerful and the easiest of them all. At least my statement is backup by some investigation work.

[I Fix 4 U]

hey saikee, do you like suse in general so could you give me the bittorent link to the one you like (iso).

[saikee]

With the exception of Suse 9.1 Pro, I got all my distros from distrowatch.

However having installed a few of them I found a big majority, including the Debian based distros, cannot recognise partition number higher than 20. The Red Hat series of Fedora and Mandrake typically list only 16 partitions. A few distros can be installed beyond the 20th partitions but their bootloaders can't cope.

Suse 9.1 pro is the one that is most able and so does its bootloader. Overall I think Suse is a much better product than the rest. There could be a possibility that Suse 9.1 pro is a also a retailed software and so a reasonable amount of work has gone into it.

[I Fix 4 U]

umm so where do i get the latest good one or the one you use, along with its kickass bootloader. Hey you betcha its good thats why HP and a few others have partnered with it.
Direct Download Link Please? or atleast where to get it?

[lynch]

Here's the SUSE 9.1 personal iso and then follow this Guide to get the Pro packages via YaST2.
HTH
lynch

[I Fix 4 U]

ah cool so i can get the normal iso but install pro via ftp. Sweet. Thanx a bunch.

edit>Hey one more question, does that mean i have do download the Suse 9.1 personal cd and then install the pro packages via ftp/yast once the system is installed?
If i wanted to use the pro packages and 9.2 would i need to download the 9.2 personal ISO and then the pro packages from the ftp directory pertaining to 9.2, once i find its IP adress to the ftp server.
Basically if i can get the more up2date OS and latest pro packages i'd be quite happy.

OH, just realised suse hasn't released suse 9.2 binary iso yet, whether personal or private, should I wait?

[lynch]

Originally Posted by iXneonXi

edit>Hey one more question, does that mean i have do download the Suse 9.1 personal cd and then install the pro packages via ftp/yast once the system is installed?

That's right: install the 9.1 personal iso and change the YaST installation source so you can get the packages that come with 9.1 Pro but not 9.1 Personal. Your not upgrading to Pro, per se, but you get the Pro packages.

If i wanted to use the pro packages and 9.2 would i need to download the 9.2 personal ISO and then the pro packages from the ftp directory pertaining to 9.2, once i find its IP adress to the ftp server.
Basically if i can get the more up2date OS and latest pro packages i'd be quite happy.

OH, just realised suse hasn't released suse 9.2 binary iso yet, whether personal or private, should I wait?

I dont think there is going to be a 9.2 personal iso. It's going to be called Novell Linux Desktop.
lynch

[I Fix 4 U]

k thanx, where are other pro mirrors to see what packages are available through this browser?

[lynch]

If you make the ftp server the first source of installation (as pointed out in the guide) you can browse the Pro packages from the YaST2 software module. You dont need look for a mirror. It's a mirror; it mirrors the official site. So all the Pro packages are same here, there and everywhere. .
lynch

[I Fix 4 U]

right cool. now to start downloading. gatech is definetly the best server.

[Solid_Froggy]

Umm...my friend told me that a good dual-booting Linuz, the easiest, would be Knopix (I think that is it). So should I go with that instead?

Thanks.