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Operating Systems Linux Need suggestions or references to find a way to get free Linux on Windows Post 302951183 by vincent72 on Monday 3rd of August 2015 06:59:42 PM

08-03-2015

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Originally Posted by pat_pramod

Thank you for your suggestions, blackrageous and vincent72

As opposed to blackrageous, I'm not a big fan of virtualization. Reason ? Well... I'd say it's a concept within the concept.

Let's say you want to use a linux distro for real, then go for it and either use 2 HDDs for dual boot OR a small amount of your single HDD where windows is already installed.

I'd even dare to say it'll be a lot faster to set up as opposed to a virtual OS.

I do use virtualisation to try an "exotic" distro, but when it gets serious (hardware compatibility, setting up a REAL server) I always go for a hard install.

Again, virtualization is a concept on top of a concept (in your case) and I don't recommend it unless you're ready to deal with the issues (i.e.: understanding what comes with it) as opposed to just install (15 minutes) the lastest ubuntu distro on your HDD and have dual boot.

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1- Install Ubuntu next to your existing Windows install (don't give it more than half of the remaining hd free space)
2- install a lamp server with ONE command line :

Code:

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 mysql-server libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql

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GRUB-INSTALL(8) 							FSF							   GRUB-INSTALL(8)

NAME

       grub-install - install GRUB on your drive

SYNOPSIS

       grub-install [OPTION] install_device

DESCRIPTION

       Install GRUB on your drive.

       -h, --help
	      print this message and exit

       -v, --version
	      print the version information and exit

       --root-directory=DIR
	      install GRUB images under the directory DIR instead of the root directory

       --grub-shell=FILE
	      use FILE as the grub shell

       --no-floppy
	      do not probe any floppy drive

       --force-lba
	      force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS

       --recheck
	      probe a device map even if it already exists

       INSTALL_DEVICE can be a GRUB device name or a system device filename.

       grub-install  copies GRUB images into the DIR/boot directory specfied by --root-directory, and uses the grub shell to install grub into the
       boot sector.

       The grub source distribution carries this script to ease the installation of grub as a boot loader. In Suse Linux however,  grub  installa-
       tion  is  much  better handled by Yast; use of this script is generally discouraged and therefore unsupported. Consequently, the script has
       been renamed to grub-install.unsupported.

       In order to (re-)install grub for the currently running system, simply use Yast. For an installation aiming  at	a  differing  system,  the
       crafting  of an appropriate device.map and grub shell script is strongly advised, e.g.  "grub --batch --device-map=target-device.map < tar-
       get-grub.conf"

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for grub-install is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and grub-install programs are properly installed at
       your site, the command

	      info grub-install

       should give you access to the complete manual.

grub-install (GNU GRUB 0.97)					     May 2005							   GRUB-INSTALL(8)