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Slackware 22 75.86%
Solaris 6 20.69%
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Old 04-04-2007, 04:51 PM   #1
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Slackware vs. Solaris

OK, I have Debian installed on my computer, but I want to dual boot it with either Slackware or Solaris. I have had problems with Solaris since it doesn't seem to read Linux partitions. Your thoughts?
 
Old 04-04-2007, 05:11 PM   #2
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Since this isn't getting responses soon and I need to do it soon, I am planning on installing Slack...
 
Old 04-04-2007, 07:25 PM   #3
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Good choice, if you really want to get into the system, that's the way to go, and then maybe gentoo and LFS...
 
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With the help of a third party driver, Solaris can read Linux partitions provided they use ext2/ext3 filesystems. http://paulf.free.fr/software.html
 
  


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