Re^3: How start an application on Linux

If you have a windows box, you can boot to Linux from an Ubuntu image on a thumb drive, or run it in Virtual Box, or set up dual-boot, or any of a number of other options. You might actually like it. ;)

Dave

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Re^4: How start an application on Linux by GUIfriend (Sexton) on Jan 18, 2014 at 15:05 UTC
I presume that you are talking about a Ubuntu live system on a USB stick. That should be fine, provided that it can share data with Windows on the HDD, maybe via a small fat-formatted partition. I will try to find out whether my PC can boot from a USB device. Many thanks for this advice. Once I had created a dual-boot config, with Grub as the boot mgr, but not residing in the MBR, to protect the MBR from getting destroyed. It worked for a good while, but then ... I swore to never dare this adventure again.	[reply]
Re^5: How start an application on Linux by three18ti (Monk) on Jan 18, 2014 at 20:42 UTC
Ubuntu/Linux can read NTFS formatted partitions. No reason that you couldn't read the machines HDD if you're booted off a USB stick (in fact, this is a fairly common method to rescue/repair/recover failed/failing HDDs).	[reply]
Re^6: How start an application on Linux by GUIfriend (Sexton) on Jan 19, 2014 at 16:49 UTC
I want to transfer data in both directions. That's why I created a small fat-formatted partition when I had the dual-boot config.	[reply]