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Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Comment GRUB even shows that it knows the Vista boot is "special", because when I do it with XP Pro, the GRUB boot menu only lists "Microsoft Windows XP Professional", whereas when I did it with Vista, the menu says "Microsoft Windows Vista (loader)".
[June 18, 2008, 9:27]
Triple Boot Ubuntu/Vista/XP - No Go So Far
Blog Ubuntu (Grub) correctly saw that there were two bootable Windows partitions on the disk, and both Vista and Ubuntu booted correctly, but when I tried to boot the XP partition, it actually started to boot Vista but then complained that the boot...
[June 17, 2008, 15:16]
S6510: XP Faster, More Stable Than Vista
Blog When I compared it, running Vista, to the S2110, it took about a minute to boot and display the Windows Logon screen (the same as the 2110), and then after I logged in it took about another minute before it was ready for use (much longer than the...
[January 13, 2008, 20:44]
Marketing Mush
Blog Currently DebbieToo (a Celeron) and SugarBear (a P3) both boot up faster than Windows XP SP3 on my P4. It looks like there are a number of other things I can do to speed up boot time and application run times for Debian or other Linux versions.
[October 17, 2008, 3:51]
Ubuntu On Fujitsu Lifebook S6510
Blog But perhaps I will now try installing on the XP disk for the S2110, as it is the "test" system, preserve the XP partition and set it up to dual-boot. It took about 5 minutes to boot the CD and answer the few questions that come up, then about 15...
[June 5, 2008, 9:16]
Dual-Boot Ubuntu And Windows XP Professional
Blog Then Ubuntu installed itself as usual, and the next time I rebooted, the GRUB boot loader offered to boot either Ubuntu (default) or Windows XP. My first attempt at this was to simply load XP on the disk as usual, and then boot the Ubuntu...
[June 13, 2008, 10:30]
Vista Vs. XP: The Final Retreat
Blog When I boot Vista, the memory meter shows 38% memory in use (of a total of 3 GB). That scares the daylights out of me - especially after having Vista give me the "unable to boot / unable to recover" business previously.
[April 24, 2008, 20:19]
S6510/Vista Vs. S2110/XP Professional
Blog Since going back, I have never had another problem with the S2110 - not one boot failure, BSOD, USB hang, or any of the other problems that were plaguing that system when it was running Vista. After thrashing around in that for a while, and warning...
[January 9, 2008, 13:06]
Monolithic OS Upgrades Are So Over
Blog That will go on as a boot option. Ask for a downgrade to Windows XP. I have a new (personal) Vista laptop arriving in the next few days and I shall be very interested to see how it performs. Well, if Vista doesn't deliver I shall have no qualms...
[September 25, 2007, 18:26]
Apple Mac OS X On X86: A First Test
Talkback New Intel Apple macs (iBook, Powerbooks, iMacs, Mac minis etc.need* to support dual boot to Windows XP/Vista. Yeah, that would explain why Windows Vista Beta 1 picked up my Soundblaster 16 on the ISA slot (I have a ISA bridge because it's a new...
[November 11, 2005, 16:36]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment If it wasn't for the hard drive install, it would have taken less time to install Linux than it takes for me to boot Vista. Linux boot time takes about a minute, a full 1/10th of what it takes for me to boot Vista.
[October 22, 2007, 23:27]
Windows Xp, Vista
Talkback Out of the fourty million Vista sales sold, what percent was boot legged. How long will you support windows XP? The vista product is sold as one product requiring a code which will determine what Vista product you have bought.
[May 16, 2007, 15:39]
Vista Memory Leak?
Blog When I boot Vista, once everything settles down it shows memory use of about 40% (I have 3 GB installed). I have checked the memory use for remaining processes in the Windows Task Manager, and while a couple of things are using noticeably more...
[April 17, 2008, 13:39]
Why I've Moved From Vista To Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment I turns out that vista needed 26 minutes to boot from scratch. It took the whole operating system 47 minutes to install and a whole 74 seconds to boot from switched off. So when I asked if I could just remove vista and install my copy of windows XP...
[October 22, 2007, 3:25]
I Will Blog, Despite Vista's Best Efforts
Blog As I fired up Vista on my Asus to a) time accurately how long it takes to boot, and b) take another look at Google Docs and those eye-candied gadgets, Vista informed me that the product key I entered is not valid, indeed the whole operating system...
[March 20, 2008, 20:56]
Linux: Lost In The Trough Of Disillusionment?
Talkback You can dual boot if you are concerned. First off, XP and the 98 series use different drivers and the new "Vista" (criuser) 64 bit new driver sets altogether. Mepis may actually work with more differing combination of "PC's" and with less overall...
[September 10, 2005, 19:01]
Photos: Toshiba Launches World's Lightest Laptop
News Toshiba claims that SSDs are more resilient to shock and vibration, more power efficient, and have faster boot-up times than conventional hard drives. As his R500 will have to integrate with the Iridium satellite phone, Hempleman-Adams' machine...
[June 22, 2007, 10:27]
How Many Are Left?
Talkback I have a dual boot setup and I dont touch it. I think Redmond have been trying their hardest to persuade the world that Vista isn't the ME of the decade, but I for one fail to be convinced. I wonder how many of the machines sold with Vista are...
[December 1, 2007, 22:47]
Vista SP1 - Now Installed And Running
Blog It boots faster, suspends and resumes much faster, and so far there have been no boot failures or crashes as I had before. Ok, in large part due to some good advice from David Long, I now have Vista SP1 installed on my Fujitsu Lifebook S6510, and...
[March 24, 2008, 10:37]
Developer Tool Sheds Light On Vista Bugs
Talkback It is a service, it should be restartable in itself, it shouldn't need a re-boot, I've never seen clamav under Linux whining about a reboot after it has patched itself - the fact that it would be laughed into extinction if it tried probably helps...
[December 20, 2005, 7:29]
