Tag: dual boot

iPhone Dual Boot

March 17, 2008 by Jason

How would you like to have two iPhones in one? NerveGas of iPhone Dev Team reveals that the team has been using dual-booting to jailbreak the iPhone for months. The team has decided to release the hack enabling iPhone users to boot multiple versions of the iPhone software/OS “from” the handset.

This should present iPhone users with quite an advantage once the 2.0 firmware is out, meaning they’ll be able to have a bootable jailbroken software version, as well as a non-jailbroken software version available at the same time on their device. Partition-making is involved: Read More»

How to dual boot Vista with Ubuntu

March 04, 2008 by Jason

There are two ways to run several operating systems on your computer. You can run them with virtualization inside one another, or you can install them alongside each other and boot each individually, this is the easiest method for most users.

You don’t even have to create a dual boot system with Linux, in this case, Ubuntu. It can be installed by itself without Vista or any other operating installed first. Most users purchasing a new computer will find Vista installed so this is the route I will take for this tutorial.

Let’s take a look at installing Ubuntu alongside Vista on a computer, assuming Vista is installed first as this will cover most instances. Read More»

Can I Dual-boot Windows XP And Windows Vista?

December 20, 2007 by Jason

It’s only been a month since Windows Vista’s public release hence compatibility issues with system drivers and software are to be expected, i.e. your favourite game or image editing application may not work in Windows Vista yet.

Fortunately, you can have both Windows XP and Windows Vista on the same system, by setting up your PC to dual-boot. Read More»