Subject : Re: LUG: HDD Caddy for Ubuntu system
From : Steven Loudermilk <sjlouder@ncsu.[redacted]>
Date : Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:18:05 -0500
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:13 AM, Caleb Wilson < ctwilso3@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
Hey all, haven't been much of an active member since club meetings got switched around. But I am still a big Linux user! I am looking for some input on a current issue I am facing with trying to install a Linux system again.
My current setup is:Gateway/Acer LaptopWindows 7 Ultimate 64bit OSNV55c39 (i believe)i5 Intel cpu,8GB RAM60GB SSD
I have to be using a Microsoft OS (much to my hatred) due to my insulin pump software and my music production software. Currently there are only drivers compatible with a Microsoft OS, for the wireless USB receiver that my insulin pump transmits too. This is why I have to have Windows access (and the ability to change/install namesaid software + drivers) For all my art/photography/productivity and EVERYTHING else I way prefer Ubuntu and opensource software, so I am trying to setup a Linux system very soon! I am not comfortable partitioning my SSD as this is still pretty new technology for me, so I would like to install a second hard drive via removing the optical disc drive and using a caddy (sp?).
I have never cracked open my laptop to this degree, but decided that this will be the cheapest and most efficient method of using my current hardware, smallest budget, and having a Linux system again. Please let me know any links/advice or help anyone can give. Also when are we meeting now?
Thanks!~Caleb Wilson
i would just do virtualbox or some virtualization you are comfortable with. you have plenty of resources to share with a guest operating system. also, i assume you have tried WINE for the wireless USB receiver, and im not sure i would want to trust something to far removed from actual windows with something that important... however, USB can be passed through from a host linux OS to a guest windows OS. not sure what you are using for music production, but i used to use cubase in XP. i migrated to a linux only music production rig, and it feels great. we have quite a community on freenode at #opensourcemusicians and you are more than welcome to join us. im also not that far away (over in asheville) if there is something that could be worked out to talk shop at a LUG meeting or something... let me know!
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MH