[HacktionLab] Barn Camp Dual boot - anyone up for it?

[Andy S]

On 1 June 2011 10:03, m3shrom <m3shrom at riseup.net> wrote:

> On 01/06/2011 09:59, Adelayde Skidmore wrote:
> >  On 31/05/2011 22:19, penguin wrote:
> >> Hey
> >>
> >> I was looking through the rather excellent and eclectic mix of workshops
> >> proposed for this year's Barn Camp. I was wonder if there was a gap, and
> >> if there was, would some people be willing to fill it?
> >>
> >> Would anyone be up for doing a workshop on dual booting?
> > didn't we do one last year?
> >
> > the only thing is that it can get quite technical this topic, for
> > example, if you've a machine with linux+windows on it where windows has
> > taken over, then the process of getting linux on the windows boot menu
> > can be quite complex - involving booting using a rescue cd under linux,
> > using dd, booting windows and editing its boot up configuration, etc...
> >
> > i guess also that there's so many different combinations, such as:
> >
> > * pc: windows, then linux installed
> > * pc: linux, then windows installed
> > * mac: os x + windows or os x + linux, or all three
> > * pc/mac: any and all of the above combined with free bsd, open bsd,
> > centos, beos, os/2
> >
> > personally I wonder if it might not be better to concentrate on
> > virtualisation stuff, and introduce people to virtual box and similar
> > software?
> >
> > actually, isn't that what we did last year?  it was me, Mick and Ben I
> > think, we did dual booting and virtualisation....
>
> I would keep it separate and build on what happened last year. Andy was
> good at dealing with what came up.
>
> I think that the workshops have different levels of linux skills needed
> and geekyness.
>
> I think it would be great to build 2 workshops based around this
> knowledge and these tools.
>
>
> http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/2010_Workshop_Notes_BarnCamp#Dual_Boot_and_Virtualization
>
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This is one of those subjects that on paper can seem (and in most cases is)
trivial, but there are a multitude of things that can cause hiccups,
requiring some time to resolve.

If we run some sort of into session early on in the weekend (Friday
morning/lunchtime?), which outlines the rational behind use of different
operating systems, we can identify who and if this path is the right one,
then those who want to take the plunge can do so and get help and guidance
from people with the experience to help over the rest of the weekend, to
iron out any issues that may arise.

I think last year we had someone go for it and not without some problems,
which I think they found difficult to get help with, due to those with the
skills being busy with other commitments.

And of course it's horses for courses, while I might suggest installing a
Debian based distro and be able to help, someone else might suggest FreeBSD,
but I wouldn't be much help with BSD install, and which is a better choice
anyway?

Either way, as long as people come away with the key info on how to do this
and where to go for help when needed (online support community - so I'll be
recommending Mepis! ;-) ), then we shouldn't get too bogged down with techie
details.

A


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