[wellylug] Grub advise required
Roger Young
r.young at irl.cri.nz
Mon Jul 10 12:46:38 NZST 2006
Hi Peter,
I believe you can do this using a boot loader such as XOSL
(Ranish Partition Manager) which will certainly hide Windows
partitions from each other. You can make it tamper-proof with
a password. It can be downloaded for free and source code
is also available I use XOSL on a regular basis..
Cheers,
Roger.
On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:31:44 +1200
Peter Jones <PeterJ at indeserve.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Can anyone advise if the following is possible -
> I want to set up two totally separate copies of the other operating system
> (end user will not consider linux) on the same PC, so that user 1's system
> is totally protected from what user 2 (teenage son) does on *his* partiton.
> User 2 is dangerous, will download anything that is clickable and stuffs the
> PC on a regular basis. User 1 wants web browsing, email, MS Office, VPN to
> the company system, etc.
> Ideal situation would be two separate PCs and they DO have this, but user 2
> brings teenage mates in to use the second computer, with predictable
> results.
>
> I've tried the Windows dual boot, but cannot make the two sides invisible to
> each other while still allowing user 2 the rights he needs to install games
> and so on.
>
> My question is - could Grub do this and if so, could someone assist me in
> installing it without having to install a Linux as well. I can attend the
> LUG meeting tonight with the box if needed.
>
> Thanks
> Peter
>
>
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