The multi-boot configuration handbook /

The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook provides guidance to installing two or more OSes on a single computer. This book explains why things work the way they do and gives examples of real-world experience in using multiple operating systems in harmony with one another. You'll be able to coax sev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Roderick W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis, Ind. : Que, ©2000.
Colección:Handbook Ser.
Temas:
Operating systems (Computers)
Software configuration management.
Systèmes d'exploitation (Ordinateurs)
Logiciels > Gestion de configurations.
operating systems.
Software configuration management
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Computer Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The trials and triumphs of a multi-OS computer
  • Operating systems for x86 hardware in 2000
  • The x86 BIOS: Its limits and capabilities
  • Boot loaders: Simple and complex
  • Hard disk partition basics
  • Tools for disc partitioning
  • Tips for optimizing system performance
  • Modifying partitions after the fact
  • The OS installation checklist
  • Installing specific operating systems
  • Finding help
  • Filesystems for assorted OSs
  • Tools for accessing foreign filesystems
  • Application data file formats
  • Cross-platform utilities
  • Cross-platform applications
  • Modifying GUI look and feel
  • OSs within OSs: Emulators
  • TCP/IP networking
  • File and printer sharing
  • Ensuring adequate resources
  • Finding drivers
  • Performing hardware upgrades
  • Index.

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