Nothing. It will just read the files as if it would in Windows, but will not trigger the autorun as it would do in Windows.
Boot with Windows install disk and follow instructions.
It doesn't. ISO is a disk image format that is often used to distribute Linux and other CD images.
You can have as many compiled kernels in your Linux installation as you want (disk space is your limit). However, you can only boot one kernel at a time.
the way I did it was install windows first, then use the Linux CD (preferably a live CD) to do the Linux installation. During the installation it will run a partition manager, and from there you can select the drive to use for the installation. It will create a bootloader (grub, lilo) on the 1st disk so it knows where to find the 2 different operating systems.
Software installation in Windows is usually performed either by providing third-party software with a disk or downloading it by going to the website of each respective product. Most Linux distributions use a centralized repository, so that they do not need to visit each of the websites.
is linux a disk operating system
LILO is a bootloader used to load the Linux kernel from a disk and into memory.
Here we are talking about the Virtual memory which is known as swap in Linux world and works when the RAM exceeds.a swap location(Virtual Memory) may be - A dedicated Hard disk (/dev/sdX) [X may be a,b,c...(any char) depends on the physical connection of Hard-disk inside CPU]Any dedicated Partition of Hard-disk (/dev/sdXY) [Y refers to any integer denoting the partition number]Any file of swap type can be also used as swap memory.these are defined during the installation of Linux and can be created also after installation.in post installation of swap, information about it need to be mentioned in fstab(/etc/fstab) file.-- Neeraj Prem Verma
Before you format xp you will need to go onto Linux and create a grub boot disk by typing grub-install /dev/fd0. This will create a floppy disk which you can use to start Linux after you have removed and reinstalled xp. After removing and reinstalling xp use the disk to get back onto Linux and use grub-install /dev/hda to restore the Linux boot screen.
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For Windows, I would recommend WinDirStat. On Linux, a good choice would be the similar (and predecessor) KDirStat.
If you download Linux to your mac, nothing will happen until you initiate the installer. If you want to install Linux but keep Mac OS also installed, you will need to partition your hard drive. This can be done using the Disk Utility application that is found in the Utilities folder of Application. Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility