[CALUG] still need a consultant to set up linux partition or equivalent

[Robert Schmertz]

Have things changed in recent years?  It's been a couple of years since I
did a dual boot, but I always had the other OS installed first.  Windows
alwasy used to get confused at those mysterious unidentified partitions.


On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Bonnie Dalzell <bdalzell at qis.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Sep 2013, Wendel Dean Renner wrote:
>
> > I thank the two people who have contacted me.    But I still need someone
> > to serve as a system administrator for me who can set up something for
> > me so
> > that I can continue to compile and link a linux version of my software.
> > I simply have too much on my plate to take the time to climb the learning
> > curve again.  Plus Canonical evidently does not sell support like they
> > use to.
> > The three times I have created a linux partition (2004, 2006, and 2009),
> > I was not able to get through it without purchasing help from Canonical.
>
> where is your computer located? Is your primary OS Windows or Mac OSX.
>
> If windows, which windows?
>
> Is it a laptop and thus mobile?
>
> I an north of Baltimore around 10 minutes north of Towson. I have set up a
> number of dual boot systems. However it is easier to do so if you put
> linux on the harddrive first and then install the other OS.
>
> An alternative is to put a second harddrive in the system and put linux
> on it. I am most familiar with setting up Ubuntu/Xubuntu flavor of linux.
> >
> >
> >
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