I have one computer dual-booting Windows 8.1 and OpenSuse Linux 13.1. I'd like to add a computer dual-booting Windows 7 and FreeBSD. Any experience?
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This is a very good device, does what it says it does, and it doesn't care what OS you are running. FYI, I've used it with two machines, one with FreeBSD 10 installed and the other with Arch Linux installed. Also FYI, I wouldn't bother with FreeBSD. I've tried every version since 7.x and it has *always* disappointed, always had show-stopping bugs. The only BSD I would try to use for real work is OpenBSD, and then if you have a question, you have to put up with the collectively nasty personality of their developer community, patterned after Theo de Raadt. And I've not seen anything from OpenBSD that's close to as good as Arch Linux, the best of the Linux distributions in my opinion. They're smart people, but they just don't have the critical mass that Arch has, and the Arch people are also smart.
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You can boot most any linux install from them, yes. I'm here for another for just that purpose. Even a little 512MB will run some distros, but this is adequate for a full-on portable linux operating system with all the bells and whistles. Check out Pendrivelinux dot com.
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yes you can. Setting up the dual boot is a solidly intermediate nerd process and you should be prepared to spend a full weekend at it, even having to restart the process 1/2 way through if you screw up, potentially even more than once. If you don't think you would find this process both frustrating AND enjoyable (and simply frustrating) do not do it, you will be sorry. You will need to spend and some preparation time downloading software and getting either an external cd drive setup of ripping cds to usb sticks. I get my aspire one next week and will be be setting up the same dual boot system after adding a gig of ram, a new wifi card, a bigger drive and a touch screen. Here's the best resource I've found, although I hope to find a much better one. http://leonuys.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/making-my-acer-aspire-one-dual-boot/
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I actually bought this unit because it had Windows 7 installed. I wasn't comfortable with starting a whole new system with 8.1...
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List of supported OS's from their website: Windows Server 2012, 2008 / Windows 8, 7, Vista / Linux Distributions / FreeBSD So if your Home server version is later than Win Vista, you should be fine.
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Yes is easy since it comes with win7. Also you can add Linux too, but u have to disable RAID, to access the Tera disk individually.
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I'd consider doing a dual boot just in case the second OS doesn't take properly.
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This one does not come with an OS. There is a similar model number with the same hardware that does comes with Windows 7, however.
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You can install an OS onto it. I have it running Linux in a dual boot configuration right now
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Easy easy easy yes you can on both. First you need a bootable USB with the operating system on it or a cloning program. Here, check out the clean install video I made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16m25etC3lo
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".......with Windows 8.1?"&gt;&gt;Don't see any reason why not. It's an electro-mechanical switch. It doesn't know what your running nor does it care. "Can same copy of Windows be loaded on each drive?"&gt;&gt;Anytime you install a Windows OS from a disk to a drive as a new install you are risking key number and activation issues. It reads the HDD serial number and MB type etc and thinks it's a new machine. Clone your existing HDD's. You shouldn't have any issues. I cloned my primary HDD to another HDD of the same brand and specs (bought them both at the same time) and I have had zero issues with activation etc when I boot to the clone. I don't like "back-ups". I do a full blown clone at least once a month or even less. So far, so good. The other 4 channels on the Orico are devoted to Linux OS's. Hope this helps.
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Yes, any OS...and if you use more than one monitor, make sure your motherboard/graphics card is compatible with more than one display.
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You can install and run on one computer at a time. License issues. Need to get separate software to run on another computer.
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UEFI but I had no issues when I installed Ubuntu Linux. Duel booting might be a problem but I do not intend to use this for anything other than Linux.
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No problems, dualbooting win7 and linux mint (it's a ubuntu based os)both 64bit, just make sure you're using mbr, and not gpt.
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BIOS. Yes you can run linux on it easily. Now if you went with windows 8 or 8.1 it'll be a bit tricky.
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Windows 8. SOMETIMES you can get the seller to give you a disk for 7. I am using Linux Mint. Way better than Windows and free but I have 7for dual boot just in case.