# Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Tech\ **Created:** [November 7, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456 "2006-11-07T14:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/21 "2006-11-08T16:22:19Z")
Must have been the same version as bob the knob… dumbian lunix? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/22 "2006-11-08T17:05:05Z")
> [@MiG](#): > > Sure you can.  You can have a Windows XP live CD.  You can run Windows inside a virtual machine (see Parallels, Virtual PC, or VMware). > > Of course, if you were the computer expert you claim to be, you’d know that already. Dosent parallels run two os’s at the same time?  I just want xp to load in the ram and run off the ram. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/23 "2006-11-08T19:11:32Z")
> [@yngwie\_69](#): > > Dosent parallels run two os’s at the same time? I just want xp to load in the ram and run off the ram. YOU CANT DO THAT YOU STUPID TOOL!! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/24 "2006-11-08T22:07:21Z")
Sure sounds like a windows live CD or USB key thing to me.  no hard drive necessary, just runs in a RAM disk, or off the DVD/CD drive or a USB key. See this:  [informationweek.com/shared/p … =177102101](http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=177102101) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/25 "2006-11-08T22:35:26Z")
Id love to know how he is going to do this on his compaq pos computer. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/26 "2006-11-09T01:37:30Z")
> [@jesus](#): > > dumbian lunix? ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/27 "2006-11-09T01:40:07Z")
> [@jleaman](#): > > Id love to know how he is going to do this on his compaq pos computer. Compaq?  AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH I hate Compaqs and Linux.  Too much proprietary hardware.  Compaqs suck. 👿 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/28 "2006-11-09T02:50:24Z")
> [@hitest](#): > > Compaq? AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH > I hate Compaqs and Linux. Too much proprietary hardware. Compaqs suck. 👿 I just installed ubuntu Linux on this Compaq laptop… All hardware found and works very nicly. Fast and clean, boot’s quick too. [futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde … tid=22495#](http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10077665&catid=22495#) It’s a nice laptop other than the fact that it is a compaq. Its pretty slick too! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/29 "2006-11-09T03:32:52Z")
> [@jleaman](#): > > I just installed ubuntu Linux on this Compaq laptop… All hardware found and works very nicly. Fast and clean, boot’s quick too. > > [futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde … tid=22495#](http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10077665&catid=22495#) > > It’s a nice laptop other than the fact that it is a compaq. Its pretty slick too! I think I’m talking about older Compac desktops before Compac merged with HP.  I’ve had bad luck with older Compac desktops, so I’m a bit judgmental about Compac.  I know HP likes Linux.  Great news about your Compac laptop, good to know. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/30 "2006-11-09T03:35:43Z")
> [@hitest](#): > > I think I’m talking about older Compac desktops before Compac merged with HP. I’ve had bad luck with older Compac desktops, so I’m a bit judgmental about Compac. I know HP likes Linux. Great news about your Compac laptop, good to know. Tis not mine 😄 just a friends that wanted to see if it worked, & it did 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/31 "2006-11-09T03:37:17Z")
> [@jleaman](#): > > Tis not mine 😄 just a friends that wanted to see if it worked, & it did 😃 Cool. 😃  Good to know HP laptops are a good option. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/32 "2006-11-09T05:19:05Z")
Now they’re the same company it’s like buying a Plymouth instead of a Dodge and bragging about how much better it is. Shit I shouldn’t have used that analogy. Some of the posters don’t remember Plymouths… How about a Firebird and a Camaro? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/33 "2006-11-09T05:24:39Z")
> [@herbie\_popnecker](#): > > How about a Firebird and a Camaro? Um, 😃 Same thing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/34 "2006-11-09T06:03:31Z")
… I think you completely missed that, Leaman. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/35 "2006-11-09T17:54:17Z")
> [@Eso](#): > > … > > I think you completely missed that, Leaman. I know i was just dragging it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/36 "2006-11-10T03:05:50Z")
Someone bought a floppy today for their Alieinware. He asked why they put a $12 floppy in a $2500 computer. I told him it was because they ran out of $3 floppy drives… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/37 "2006-11-10T18:44:40Z")
> [@herbie\_popnecker](#): > > Someone bought a floppy today for their Alieinware. He asked why they put a $12 floppy in a $2500 computer. I told him it was because they ran out of $3 floppy drives… Your saying they bought a floppy drive because they didn’t have one in the computer ? You left out the didn’t 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/38 "2006-11-11T04:43:53Z")
no it was an older one and the floppy died. I would’ve put in a slot cover instead of a floppy… on another forum someone asked if anyone still used floppies. I had to answer that ya, I just used three under the fridge to stop it wobbling… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/39 "2006-11-13T05:54:22Z")
I have my dual boot laptop back. Bwah hah hah! Now I’m wondering what would happen if I took the restore disks from my Mac mini and booted the other laptop with them… ![???](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/1X/bdce24dfe31bef841b06e7b4b771d518a39fcefa.gif "Huh")?? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98c254f433ccdc03413891b0179886c00d3d3763.png) [@system](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456/40 "2006-11-13T06:46:26Z")
Is it a intel mac mini or a G4 ? If it is a intel one it should work… Won’t hurt to try. Remember to press that “C” key to boot… 😛 J’ Speaking of stable os’s Osx 10.5 is not Stable… [Previous page](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.hackingthemainframe.com/t/linux/3456.md?page=3)