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Windows 8 to support Multi-Booting

7 points by samvj 16y ago

trafficlight 16y ago
I don't want to reboot every time I want to do something different. I've tried to dualboot Windows and Linux from time to time, but I end up never doing it because rebooting is a hassle. I can't imagine rebooting just to watch a DVD on my laptop.
- endtime 16y ago
  Did you RTFA? It's not talking about dual booting, it's talking about booting multiple OSes (the general purpose one and also specialized ones) at once and then switching between them very quickly.
- mathias_10gen 16y ago
  I think I've finally found the "holy grail" of dual booting. My laptop now has Windows and Linux on different partitions, and either one can run in a VirtualBox inside of the other. That way, no matter which OS I booted too, I still have access to everything in the other.
  - greyfade 16y ago
    How did you do that? Last time I tried, it left Windows nearly unbootable.
    - mathias_10gen 16y ago
      Take a look at http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 (win7) or http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 (winxp). Protip: never use VirtualBox's "save machine state and close" feature if you plan to dual boot like this. Its too easy to forget and boot to that OS directly next time...
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krmmalik 16y ago
I think one key reason the iPad succeeds is that, there's no boot taking place when you want to use the device. So for light computing such as browsing the web, checking email, watching a quick video, the iPad works very well. Of course, there's the portability aspect. but with something like this, if it comes to fruition, people could start using their computing devices more readily, which would open up for some very interesting uses. Just my 2 cents ;-)
- uvTwitch 16y ago
  If there is no boot taking place, then how come an iPad takes around half a minute to turn on if it's been powered off, and not left in sleep mode?
  - krmmalik 16y ago
    I think my comment was poorly worded. I just meant, that its quicker to start using the device than a laptop say booting Windows 7. Of course, i realise that the iPad can take time to 'get ready' too, but it was a very generic comparison.
nwmcsween 16y ago
Prior art http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo

7 points by samvj 16y ago

I don't want to reboot every time I want to do something different. I've tried to dualboot Windows and Linux from time to time, but I end up never doing it because rebooting is a hassle. I can't imagine rebooting just to watch a DVD on my laptop.

endtime 16y ago
Did you RTFA? It's not talking about dual booting, it's talking about booting multiple OSes (the general purpose one and also specialized ones) at once and then switching between them very quickly.
mathias_10gen 16y ago
I think I've finally found the "holy grail" of dual booting. My laptop now has Windows and Linux on different partitions, and either one can run in a VirtualBox inside of the other. That way, no matter which OS I booted too, I still have access to everything in the other.
- greyfade 16y ago
  How did you do that? Last time I tried, it left Windows nearly unbootable.
  - mathias_10gen 16y ago
    Take a look at http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=33356 (win7) or http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=9697 (winxp). Protip: never use VirtualBox's "save machine state and close" feature if you plan to dual boot like this. Its too easy to forget and boot to that OS directly next time...

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krmmalik 16y ago

I think one key reason the iPad succeeds is that, there's no boot taking place when you want to use the device. So for light computing such as browsing the web, checking email, watching a quick video, the iPad works very well. Of course, there's the portability aspect. but with something like this, if it comes to fruition, people could start using their computing devices more readily, which would open up for some very interesting uses. Just my 2 cents ;-)

uvTwitch 16y ago
If there is no boot taking place, then how come an iPad takes around half a minute to turn on if it's been powered off, and not left in sleep mode?
- krmmalik 16y ago
  I think my comment was poorly worded. I just meant, that its quicker to start using the device than a laptop say booting Windows 7. Of course, i realise that the iPad can take time to 'get ready' too, but it was a very generic comparison.

nwmcsween 16y ago

Prior art http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/exo