[Coco] Dual boot

[Bill Pierce]

Aaron,
Actually, I tried that a while back. For some odd reason, I could not get it to communicate with my ports properly. I know it was most likely my fault in not setting it up properly, but the USB support (USB-DB9) didn't seem to be working properly. Also, (using Oracle VM) the "extras" disk would not install. That package has the support for using folders as drives and I needed this for the Coco stuff on my HD. VM kept telling me that it couldn't open the package. It was the proper one for my version. All the others, it told me, were wrong versions. I wondered if it was currupt and downloaded it several times, same results. I may try again todeay with a fresh install as I may have screwed something up on the original install.

Thanx
Bill P

Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
Bill Pierce
ooogalapasooo at aol.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 21, 2012 9:35 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Dual boot


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
>
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
> --
> Coco mailing list
> Coco at maltedmedia.com
> http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco

--
Coco mailing list
Coco at maltedmedia.com
http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/coco