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by henzenmann
Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:16 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: I want to give Linux a shot
Replies: 34
Views: 2105

Windows always has to be on the first partition of the first disk (master on the first IDE channel). If you leave Windows on your 40gig disk, you could still partition the 120gig disk, for example make an 80gig FAT32 partition for your "shared" data (this would have to be the first partiti...
by henzenmann
Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: I want to give Linux a shot
Replies: 34
Views: 2105

BTW, if you want to keep the 40gig disk, you can also install Windows on the first disk and Linux on the second, no need for partitions then. Oh, and you can access Windows partitions/disks from Linux (FAT16/32, NTFS too but that takes some extra work and is only relevant with WinNT/2000/XP), but no...
by henzenmann
Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:22 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: I want to give Linux a shot
Replies: 34
Views: 2105

I don't know what the Ubuntu installer looks like (I'm a Debian user myself), but in general, you want to partition the harddisk, and install Windows on the first partition and Ubuntu on the second one (Windows always has to be on the first partition, Linux doesn't care). You should be able to do th...
by henzenmann
Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:17 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Forum
Topic: What is the problem that everybody has with iTunes?
Replies: 23
Views: 602

I don't like iTunes because it does not work on Linux (crashes while installing with WINE). This means I have no way to access the music store, which sucks since some artists put some of their stuff on there exclusively. About the player part I could not care less, since there are better alternative...
by henzenmann
Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:22 pm
Forum: Programming Discussion
Topic: Definitive way to set up DCdev in Linux?
Replies: 44
Views: 5822

BTW, some updated build scripts have just been posted on the KOS mailing list . These also finally produce working arm-elf compilers for GCC > 3.0.4. Check them out at http://stalin.thegypsy.com/ I also sent a patch to the KOS mailing list that fixes compile problems with the examples. The patch is ...
by henzenmann
Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:01 pm
Forum: Homebrew Software and Indie Games Discussion
Topic: Retro Sonic Engine For Dreamcast
Replies: 70
Views: 14539

Funny how everybody is concerned about the legalities of ripping WinCE, but not about ripping Sonic graphics :wink: