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netbook question



On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 07:42:35AM -0500, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> I was just asked if it were possible to dual boot a netbook. Not owning
> of having used one I really could not answer the question asked. My gut
> feel is that generically yes, but that the netbook would have to boot
> from an external USB device (and since I know that is possible based on
> installfest experience), is it possible assuming enough HD storage to
> partition the HD (or SSD) to have both Windows 7 and Linux. (Not
> something that I would recommend).

Sure.

Most netbooks have 160GB hard disks. Those with smaller SSDs might
have space issues. All of them can boot from a USB stick, some
from an SD card. 

-dsr-

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