From: mikenospam@email.de   
      
   Hemy wrote:   
   > Hello, I´m interested in installing Beos as a second operating system, and I   
   > have few questions.   
      
   First of all, I think 'Beos' are birds, while the name of the operating   
   system is 'BeOS'.   
      
   > 1. I have a laptop, and I´m thinking of installing XP and Beos. I have only   
   > one Hard drive, so can I install Beos in to the second partition of that   
   > hard drive?   
      
   Unless you just have a recovery CD for XP that should be possible.   
      
   > 2. How does a dual boot work? Which one will be the primary os? Which one   
   > will create a startup Menu?   
      
   That's up to your liking, both ways should work.   
      
   > 3. Will I be able to use NTFS files in Beos, and Beos files in XP? For   
   > example wav-files etc.   
      
   BeOS does have read-only support for NTFS, but unforunately NTFS5 used   
   in XP changed enough to break that compatibility. On the other hand   
   Windows has never played well with non-MS file systems, so any version   
   of Windows will just ignore the BeOS partition, and I haven't heard of   
   any addon that enables BeFS compatibility yet.   
   If you want to exchange it might be a good idea to create a small FAT   
   partition as well.   
      
   > 4. Where can I get the Latest release of Beos?   
      
   The latest official release of BeOS is probably only available from eBay   
   and similar services. There is a Personal Edition that is free, but   
   you'll have to burn your own CD, since you cannot launch it from XP due   
   to the incompatibility with NTFS5:   
      
      
   The company yellowTab continues development of BeOS under the name Zeta:   
      
      
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