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SiriusHardware · 24th Jan 2019, 5:35 pm

If you plugged a second memory stick into another USB port while you had a 'live' distro running, would it let you save stuff onto that?

I have to admit I never use 'live' distros except to use them to install 'full' distros, I disconnect the Windows HDD, put another drive in and properly install whichever Linux it is onto the HDD. I've never trusted any Linux installer to install Linux alongside a working Windows installation, simply due to the sheer amount of time and work it would take to get Windows back to where it was if the Linux installer broke it.

Paulus, what programs would you be deprived of if forced to use a Linux or Mac based emulator? I take it you have other Windows based MIDI utilities which you want to be able to use as well?

You could research the Gotek floppy emulator referred to in #3, but without knowing much about it, I assume you remove your working 3.5" drive and replace it with the Gotek - if so, it's going to need an undamaged cable to go on the end of.

24th Jan 2019, 5:35 pm	#14
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,586	Re: Atari ST If you plugged a second memory stick into another USB port while you had a 'live' distro running, would it let you save stuff onto that? I have to admit I never use 'live' distros except to use them to install 'full' distros, I disconnect the Windows HDD, put another drive in and properly install whichever Linux it is onto the HDD. I've never trusted any Linux installer to install Linux alongside a working Windows installation, simply due to the sheer amount of time and work it would take to get Windows back to where it was if the Linux installer broke it. Paulus, what programs would you be deprived of if forced to use a Linux or Mac based emulator? I take it you have other Windows based MIDI utilities which you want to be able to use as well? You could research the Gotek floppy emulator referred to in #3, but without knowing much about it, I assume you remove your working 3.5" drive and replace it with the Gotek - if so, it's going to need an undamaged cable to go on the end of.