[colug-432] Introduction and distro preference question

[Dan Kaiser]

Rob Funk wrote: "I just recently installed 64-bit OS X on VirtualBox
running on 64-bit kUbuntu. I haven't tried it with Win7 though."

After your message I went into my initial Ubuntu install and successfully
got 64 bit Win7 running (after some BIOS tweaks.)  I guess the limitations
I had before were due to OS X or the hardware I was using.  Now I plan to
drop Linux on my mSATA and use the HDD as ext4 storage.

Brian Miller wrote: "I do have a Win7 virtual system under Virtual Box on
Linux.  I'm thinking of getting rid of it, though, since the only time I
ever turn it on is to install the latest patches."

I can believe that!  I have one program for work that is the primary reason
I've booted into my virtual XP system (and the same will likely be true for
the Win7 VM.  I don't plan to use it often, but good to have around just in
case. I don't have any other Win boxes in my house.

Joshua Kramer wrote: "In my experience, NTFS usage has been rock-solid, if
a little slow. <snip> The only caveat is, it is much better to initially
create a NTFS filesystem on Windows."

Good to know for future reference!

Now if I can get my system set-up tonight I can turn this evening into
something enjoyable.  (I grew up in Denver and am a huge Broncos fan.  What
a terrible game!)  I'm leaning toward installing Linux Mint Debian for the
rolling release schedule.

-Dan


On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Joshua Kramer <joskra42.list at gmail.com>wrote:

> > Last I heard, NTFS support on Linux was still kind of hackish. You might
> be
> > better off with a vfat space, plus separate storage spaces optimized for
> > each OS. Or just virtualize Windows entirely.
>
> In my experience, NTFS usage has been rock-solid, if a little slow.  I'm
> using it via the fuse-ntfs-3g modules that come bundled with CentOS.  Among
> my collection of external drives, most are either XFS or ext4, but I have
> one ~160G drive that I formatted NTFS so I could share files larger than
> 4gb between my Windows and Linux systems.  It hasn't been any trouble at
> all.
>
> The only caveat is, it is much better to initially create a NTFS
> filesystem on Windows.  On Linux there is a mkntfs program, but in my
> experience the filesystems created with that program don't play well under
> Windows.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, February 01, 2014 08:47:36 AM Dan Kaiser wrote:
>> > Sounds like a good idea to pick a Debian based distro at first (because
>> > I'm familiar) and then try many others virtually and branch out as time
>> > goes on.
>>
>> I'd agree with that.
>>
>> > I have only used VirtualBox (VB) under OS X, but will have to do some
>> > playing with KVM and others if available. VB had the limitation of only
>> > running 32-bit systems. If I can find one that will host 64-bit systems
>> I
>> > can nuke my win7 partition and only use it virtually when needed.
>>
>> I just recently installed 64-bit OS X on VirtualBox running on 64-bit
>> kUbuntu. I haven't tried it with Win7 though.
>>
>> > My current plan is to dual boot the distro of my choice along with win7
>> > (it came with the computer so why not) on a smaller mSATA drive, and
>> > have the standard HDD be shared storage (vFAT or NTFS).
>> >
>> > Anyone using a similar set-up and have any warnings or tips for setup?
>>
>> Last I heard, NTFS support on Linux was still kind of hackish. You might
>> be
>> better off with a vfat space, plus separate storage spaces optimized for
>> each OS. Or just virtualize Windows entirely.
>>
>> --
>> Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net>
>> http://funknet.net/rfunk
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