dual booting

Sat Jan 2 01:31:45 UTC 2010

> > Same here.  I just give the whole harddisk to Windows, and let it do whatever

> > to it.  The same for Linux.  Harddisks are cheap, especially if you don't throw
> > way old disks.
> 
> Most laptops only have one disk, so sharing is the only option.  On a
> desktop you have more choices.

On laptop, you can still put Linux on USB disks.  I used to do that with my Toshiba
laptop.  You just have to make sure that it can boot from USB harddisk.  For example,
my motherboard can boot from USB cdrom, but not from USB harddisk.  Damned if
I know why!

--William

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