Re: [avr-chat] AVR Studio under VirtualBox, anyone?

[Michael Hennebry]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009, Graham Davies wrote:

> Hmm.  So, maybe I should try Linux as the host operating system, not Windows. 
> With a bit of foresight, I actually left two physical partitions empty on my 
> boot drive to contain a Linux filesystem and swap.  I just need to find the 
> time and the courage to do the installation (courage because I don't want to 
> lose the ability to boot my Windows installations).

Do the backups anyway, but don't worry too much.
Linux installers play well with others.
I have Fedora 9 dual-booted with Windows on my box at home.
It would have been F10, but I've read that the F10 installer is a horror:
a horror to users.
So far as I know, it won't destroy partitions you don't tell it to.

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