On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:21:52 -0500, BAR wrote:


Why don't you use LILO, Linux Loader, to dual boot if that is all you
want. LILO comes with most all Linux distributions. No switch on the
master/slave jumpers just hit the space bar when booting. LILO has been
around for near 20 years. If you want to run, actually run, multiple
OSes at the same time get VMWare and you can switch between the OSes
with a couple of keystrokes.

If you are using a modern distribution, don't be surprised if it comes
with Grub as it's boot-loader, instead of Lilo. BAR is right about using
a virtual machine, though. I use VirtualBox. If you are so inclined,
you can even lose some of Windows bloat by parrying it down with nLite.

http://lifehacker.com/374376/trim-do...are-essentials