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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Have Win98/WinXp..Thinking about Unix!! Post 48945 by ropers on Monday 22nd of March 2004 11:11:18 AM
Old 03-22-2004
As to how "efficient" UNIX is, it totally depends on your preception. If "efficiency" for you includes "does it run ALL my current Windows applications without much fiddling", then it's probably not very efficient.

As regards the system requirements: That depende on what flavour and version of UNIX you choose. For NetBSD e.g., requirements can be VERY low:
Quote:
The mini-mal configuration is said to require 4 MB of RAM and 50 MB of disk space,
though we do not know of anyone running with a system quite this minimal
today. To install the entire system requires much more disk space (the
unpacked binary distribution, without sources, requires at least 65 MB
without counting space needed for swap space, etc), and to run X or com-
pile the system, more RAM is recommended.
That is not to say that UNIX was only for old computers. It you throw top of the line hardware at it, chances are you'll get unrivalled performance out of it.

Without having any actual hands on experience as regards your scenario, here's what I would do in your case:

1. Back up all partitions, just for good measure.
2. Convert or reformat the 20 GB partition to FAT32 (if applicable).
3. Shrink that partition to 10 GB. This 10 GB FAT32 partition will be your jointly accessible storage volume, i.e. all your operating systems will be able to access it. (There are tools out there that can do all of these things, but I don't know them offhand. Google for them or ask specific questions in these forums.)
4. Create a new partition on the remaining 10 GB and format it ext2 or something else (whatever filesystem the flavour of UNIX you're installing supports best). It is, I hear, possible to install UNIX OSes on existing FAT32 partitions, but as a matter of personal opinion I believe it's useful to strictly stick to a "default" environment when learning a new OS -- you can always move on to more non-default, advanced features later.
You should thus end up with the following:
- your 10GB Win98 partition
- your 10GB XP partition
- the aforesaid 10GB FAT32 "common storage" partition.
- a 10 GB partition with some UNIX OS installed on

From the Linux camp comes the LILO boot manager (boot loader) that you can install, allowing you to easily select any of your OSes at startup.

I would not do away with any of my current OSes until you're fully at home in and happy with your UNIX OS.
 

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vparconfig(1M)															    vparconfig(1M)

NAME
vparconfig - specify the partition mode policy, partition CLM policy, and partition ILM policy for the next system boot SYNOPSIS
[mode]] memtype size DESCRIPTION
The command sets the EFI variable that determines the partition mode on Itanium-based systems and then automatically reboots the system. The partition mode policy can be vPars or nPars. In addition, the command sets the partition ILM policy EFI variable (for InterLeaved Memory) and the partition CLM policy EFI variable (for Cell Local Memory). However, the reboot does not happen automatically. The partition ILM policy or partition CLM policy change will only occur when you reboot the system using the command. The default behavior of the command specified without any options is to display the current settings of the partition mode policy, the par- tition ILM policy, and the partition CLM policy. This command is only available at the EFI shell if the vPars depot has been installed on the disk. This command is not supported on PA-RISC platforms. Options and Arguments recognizes the following command line options and arguments: Specifies the partition mode for the next system boot and then automatically reboots the system. The valid values for mode are case-insen- sitive and The system reboots in the following ways: o If mode is then after reboot, the system will be in vPars mode. vPars mode allows you to boot the vPars Monitor and virtual partitions in the next nPartition boot. o If mode is then after reboot, the system will be in nPars mode. In nPars mode you cannot boot the vPars Monitor or virtual partitions. However, you can boot HP-UX as a standalone operating system. o If is specified with no arguments, then the system reboots with the existing mode. memtype size Specifies the desired granularity of Cell Local Memory (CLM) or InterLeaved Memory (ILM) to be set in the appropriate EFI variable for the next reboot. memtype is either or size specifies the desired granularity in megabytes corresponding to memtype. Only a decimal value is allowed to specify the gran- ule size. Displays command line options and arguments. EXAMPLES
Reboot the system to mode. Reboot the system to mode. Set the ILM granularity to 128 MB. Set the CLM granularity to 128 MB. AUTHOR
was developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company. SEE ALSO
vparenv(1M). Itanium(R)-Based Systems Only vparconfig(1M)
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