Re: Windows/Linux dual booting

P. Johnson wrote:

Gordon wrote:


P. Johnson wrote:

Gordon wrote:


"P. Johnson" <baloo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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LiveCDs are destined to give a user a bad experience, since they can
only run as fast as your CDROM is.

but at least they enable you to check all your hardware works before
you install....for example, I ditched MEPIS because it wouldn't see my
Firewire ext HDD......

Yes and no. LiveCDs often only include a subset of the most common
drivers around, not the full compliment Linux is capable of. Just
because the LiveCD doesn't work doesn't mean a real distro won't.

Most distros with live CDs now just install off the same CD, so how can
the drivers not be the same?

The LiveCD probably has fewer drivers than the installable version would
be, since usually with the installable distros you end up downloading a
lot of packages anyway (including linux-image packages with a more
complete set of modules).

But the downloads usually are updates and upgrades, not additional
drivers.....

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