Problem one to be expected is ” I cannot Boot Linux Anymore”. It seems that you have successfully installed the Linux distro of your choice. Then one fine day you may a change to your Windows OS- Windows 09 , XP or Vista / System 7/ Suddenly Linux no longer seems to boot and indeed stops working. You no longer see the lilo boot prompt. so you can no longer specify that indeed you wan to boot Linux.

What to do ? It seems that various operating systems tend to think that they are the only ones in the universe. It not unlike media centers in Windows that when newly installed take over and make themselves l”King” the “default” setup.

Therefore when the new Operating System is installed they write things to the area of the system or specifically the hard drive – or now sometimes solid state “hard drives”, called the Master Boot Record (MBR). This process overlays and overwrites the basic Linux boot loader (called LILO) and stops you dead in your tracks from booting Linux.

Overall the best correction is a good prevention . Make an emergency floppy or usb stick as a boot disk.

Keep this handy, when you do update or change your system ( or during any other significant event in your “Linux career” , such as repartitioning your disks or rebuilding your kernel.

Thus if you make a mistake then you can boot with your boot device – be it floppy or usb stick , or cd / dvd.

Its not unlike safe mode in Windows.

Then when you have rebooted your system using your boot device , simply log on as “root”, then type LILO on the command line. This will repair the MBR ( Master Boot Record) reinstalling Lilo.

You are now off to the races !!!

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In the same way before you go to the trouble of installing Linux – partitions, formatting swap files et al consider what after all is your computer going to do and what functions it will serve.  Pick the best distro for your needs and budget.  On top of that you there may be different configurations or even different versions of the same Linux product .

You need to think and ponder what your new Linux based computer system ( or upgraded former windows system ) will be used for.  Is it to be a mission-critical server, a program development workstation or maybe just a new machine for the IT dept.    Your answers will affect both your choices of hardware as well as your specific install.

Think carefully before you jump.  Consider the costs ( not neccessarily monetary but also time and energies) and benefits of more expensive hardware versus lower lijely downtimes.

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The upshot of this  is that if you feel the need to organize your Linux system with many partitions , then you are free to do as you feel or wish.  It is all personal preference.   One reason why people sometimes do this is because a partition cannot overflow – that is there is a fixed limit to how much data a drive can take.  On top of that in some operating systems the larger the drive the more space the same data will take on the hard drive.  Smaller partitions can actually mean less storage space is used in full.  Hence by creating partitions on the hard drive one can use a smaller less expensive hard drive or perhaps store more data on the same computer hard drive.

By putting data that is likely to grow in size on its very own partition you prevent it from getting to the point where in effect it takes over or limits the space needed at times as necessary for the operating system – virtual memory or room for updates.

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Not long ago Linux was a complex operating system used by only  a few gurus and computer nutcases.  Not Linux may be running ordinary things that you use on a daily basis – such as cell phones , home entertainment systems and of course a number of computers.  Some computers , laptops  and pda’s now are even sold with Linux as it base operating system.  It may look so similar to the mainstream Microsoft Windows interface and behave like it in so many ways that you may not even notice the difference at all.   People buy computers and electronic devices for functionality – to have them programs or complete functions not to run operating systems.  You do not ( in most cases)  purchase a computer to run the new Microsoft Vista operating system – you buy that computer to do any of a number of functions with programs – retrieve your email , surf the web , create web pages , download music etc.

It the electronic device fulfills the purpose you require and is stable ( does not fall down on the task),  what does it really matter in any way.  That is the beauty of the development of Linux.

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This is a Linux install option that many find easiest – their computer is set up already, it is conveniently placed all with supporting hardware – be it a mouse ,keyboard , printer , scanner or all in one unit.

However if the computer is part of a network – be it part of an office or home lan  and if that computer serves as a server – be it a print server or lan security gateway this may present issues.  In this case the computer will have to be and running fully.  In addition the device drivers and installs for the peripherals – need to installed and capable of  working with and integrating with the other computer and their operating systems on the network.

One additional option is to have two computers available – one for the standard windows installation and another for Linux.  One monitor can serve two running computers at the same time with a simple KVM switch.  With a KVM switch setup the computer operator can switch back and forth between the two working computers in a snap by a simple keyboard routine on the one keyboard.  Simple as pie.

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