[Coco] Dual boot

[Aaron Wolfe]

Rather than dual booting, which is tedious at best, why not use
virtual machines?  That's how I test DW on WinXP/Win7/Win8/Linux/Mac
and 32 vs 64 bit.
You can have several operating systems running at once without having
to reboot and lose access to your main workstation.  VMWare server and
Virtual Box are both free (in price, at least) and support USB and/or
serial device pass through, so you can test pretty much anything DW
does.

-Aaron


On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
> I'm working on a Coco prorgam for Drivewire, and I need to check to see if I get the same DW results on different platforms.
> So, I was wondering, does any of you guys dual boot Vista & Linux. The last time I went through this, I had to fix my boot track to be able to get back into Vista and I was wondering if they had that straightened out. I would imagine so, when I last tried was right after Vista came out and there hadn't been enough time for a new boot installer to be developed.
> Now, which Linux system is easiest to insall and has the most hardware support? I just want to be up and running with Drivewire so I can boot into Linux to check results there.
>
> I'm running an AMD quad-core 1800mhz(/4)
> 4 gig ram
> ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics 256 meg (onboard)
> Realtek High Definition Audio (needed for checking)
> M-Audio Delta 1010 Multi-Chan Audio Interface (I doubt any Linux supports this yet, not important... yet)
> 650 Gig SATA HD
> 1.5 T External USB HD (3 partitions... this I need access to)
>
> I need a quick and easy Linux install that will not interrupt my Vista install. (I have a free partition for the Linux install)
>
> Also, is there anyone using a Mac with Drivewire & a real Coco3? I may need a beta tester for that platform.
>
> Thankx
> Bill P
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