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Summary: All I wish I'd known when I started using multiple OSs
Review: The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook contains all the information I'd wished I'd known when I started using multiple OSs. Over the past several years, I've picked up a lot of tips, tricks, and background information from running DOS, OS/2, Windows 9x, Windows NT, Linux, FreeBSD, and BeOS on my computers. Finding this information can sometimes be quite difficult, because it's scattered about in dozens if not hundreds of FAQs, manuals, how-to books, help files, and web pages. I've condensed years of hard-won information into a single book. With any luck, this book can save some people a certain amount of aggravation by providing a clearly-defined path around certain pitfalls. Of course, this book isn't a manual for all OSs; it's a manual for getting them to work together nicely on a single computer. Understanding the issues I discuss in this book -- the boot process, partitioning, filesystems, and so on -- can help you with a single OS, but it's vital you understand these issues when working with multiple OSs.
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Summary: Must have for OS enthusiasts (and the generally curious)
Review: After several years of running OS/2 Warp side-by-side with Windows and Linux, I finally found a book help me TUNE my setup. This book is a must have for anyone trying to run multiple operating systems. Even if you are not interested in installing more than one OS, the book is great if you are just curious about other x86 OSes. It offers historical information, pros & cons to the different file systems, offers information about how to use different file systems from different OSes. For example, how to read NTFS partitions from OS/2.
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Summary: Must have for OS enthusiasts (and the generally curious)
Review: After several years of running OS/2 Warp side-by-side with Windows and Linux, I finally found a book help me TUNE my setup. This book is a must have for anyone trying to run multiple operating systems. Even if you are not interested in installing more than one OS, the book is great if you are just curious about other x86 OSes. It offers historical information, pros & cons to the different file systems, offers information about how to use different file systems from different OSes. For example, how to read NTFS partitions from OS/2.
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Summary: Very useful indeed.
Review: Ever wanted to install a combination of two or more operation systems on your PC and didn't know how to? This book is the answer. It scatters the thick haze surrounding the subject and gives you the knowledge to combine lotsa OSs on one HD or more. Its readers become multi-booting masters, simply stated. In addition it deals with optimizing OSs, file systems, emulators and more regarding to multi-boot PCs. The only problem with this book is its lack of technical details regarding everything. It teaches perfectly the theories and how to use them, but "evades" from dealing with details programmers or advanced users wanna know like specific file system structures, addresses, codes, etc. Still, I thank its author for his knowledge which undoubtedly raised me several levels of understanding and controling the vagued...
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Summary: A fine fog scatter, finally.
Review: Ever wanted to install a combination of two or more operation systems on your PC and didn't know how to? This book is the answer. It scatters the thick haze surrounding the subject and gives you the knowledge to combine lotsa OSs on one HD or more. Its readers become multi-booting masters, simply stated. In addition it deals with optimizing OSs, file systems, emulators and more regarding to multi-boot PCs. The only problem with this book is its lack of technical details regarding everything. It teaches perfectly the theories and how to use them, but "evades" from dealing with details programmers or advanced users wanna know like specific file system structures, addresses, codes, etc. Still, I thank its author for his knowledge which undoubtedly raised me several levels of understanding and controling the vagued...
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Summary: Sets the standard and merits space on your book shelf!
Review: I eagerly anticipated the release of this book after Rod mentioned it on Usenet news. I was not disappointed, but I hope the following needs will be addressed in the 2d edition (which would get 5 stars). I loved seeing Windows NT/2000, Linux, FreeBSD, and BeOS covered, but I missed Solaris x86, the last of the "Big Five" OS' (in my opinion). I needed more information on exactly how to place certain boot-related files below the 1024th cylinder, and which files those might be. Actual examples, maybe from Rod's own multi-OS machine, of working directory layouts (on the CD, perhaps) would have helped. (To me, this is the most frustrating and potentially crippling aspect of multi-booting.) Also, coverage of multi-booting on laptops is needed. Many business professionals require such features when doing demos or other work. On the positive side, the book is unique, offering unparalleled attention to detail (defining every important term and acronym). Multi-booting is thoroughly covered, with lots of detail given to partitions, OS boot requirements, and related info. I learned a lot more than multi-OS operations, thanks to Rod's extensive knowledge of computing in general. I highly recommend this book and would love to see a newsgroup... Thanks Rod!
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Summary: Sets the standard and merits space on your book shelf!
Review: I eagerly anticipated the release of this book after Rod mentioned it on Usenet news. I was not disappointed, but I hope the following needs will be addressed in the 2d edition (which would get 5 stars). I loved seeing Windows NT/2000, Linux, FreeBSD, and BeOS covered, but I missed Solaris x86, the last of the "Big Five" OS' (in my opinion). I needed more information on exactly how to place certain boot-related files below the 1024th cylinder, and which files those might be. Actual examples, maybe from Rod's own multi-OS machine, of working directory layouts (on the CD, perhaps) would have helped. (To me, this is the most frustrating and potentially crippling aspect of multi-booting.) Also, coverage of multi-booting on laptops is needed. Many business professionals require such features when doing demos or other work. On the positive side, the book is unique, offering unparalleled attention to detail (defining every important term and acronym). Multi-booting is thoroughly covered, with lots of detail given to partitions, OS boot requirements, and related info. I learned a lot more than multi-OS operations, thanks to Rod's extensive knowledge of computing in general. I highly recommend this book and would love to see a newsgroup... Thanks Rod!
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Summary: Very useful indeed.
Review: If you have a working environment that uses DOS, 95, 98, NT, 2000, OS/2, BeOS, Linux and Unix and you were in charge of taking care of them you would need several computers to support this task and that could be very expensive. Roderick Smith has other plans and the cost is very small. Learning from someone with over 10 years of experience in multi-boot environments this book gives you the breakdown of how to make them all work together and the dos and don'ts to look for. Smith shows you how to use boot loaders and ways to partitions your hard drive for success. You'll also learn how to install the multiple operating systems and have them working in harmony. Smith covers the cross platform issue you might face and what happens to the applications. There is coverage of TCP/IP and file and printer sharing. Finally Smith shows ways to optimize and configure your hard drives for the best situation. Included is a cd with VMware, Partition Magic and Boot Magic. Smith is very knowledgeable and this book is an excellent reference tool.
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