My computer at home has been serving as my router for several years and the only way to run Windows on the computer was using a virtual machine. Rebooting into Windows would have prevented the other computers in the house from accessing the network. Recently I changed the networking to use the DSL modem as the router for the house, which means that I could switch my computer to dual boot.
I also have a Netflix account which I would like to use with this computer. I have tried using VMWare and VirtualBox with limited success, so it was time to install Windows 7 on the computer.
My /home directory consumed nearly all of a 1 TB drive, so I used resize2fs to change its size to about 800 GB. /home was in partition /dev/sda5, so the new partition was /dev/sda6. So I started trying to install Windows. It complained about not being able to locate or create a partition when it clearly showed the partition in the partition choices. I then consulted the internet.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 09, 2011
Visual Studio
I am teaching CSC 101 - C++ Programming I for the first time this semester. It's a busy semester. I'm also teaching assembly language for the first time. Fortunately I prepared for the assembly language class fairly adequately in the summer.
I decided to bite the bullet and use Blackboard which is Southern Miss's approved on-line instruction tool. I am preparing materials and quizzes for both my C++ and assembly classes. In addition I am preparing lab assignments for the CSC 101 Lab class. That's a whole lot of Blackboard. In the past I have used Moodle as a an organizational tool for all my classes. Blackboard seems to be roughly equivalent in capability to Moodle. I prefer Moodle, but that may be biased based on experience. One definite advantage to Moodle was that we run it on a local computer which is very seldom overloaded, while Blackboard is external and there are fairly common small delays.
I have previously decided that I would use Visual Studio for a Windows-specific version of my assembly book, so the experience learning to use VS will be somewhat beneficial to me when I tackle the Windows book. I have yet to decide whether I will use masm, nasm or yasm. I haven't tried any of them yet, but the deciding issue may be how well it integrates with the VS debugger. I expect that masm will be better, but I don't yet know. I would prefer nasm or yasm since they are simpler and I already know enough about them, but masm may get the nod due to utility.
I decided to bite the bullet and use Blackboard which is Southern Miss's approved on-line instruction tool. I am preparing materials and quizzes for both my C++ and assembly classes. In addition I am preparing lab assignments for the CSC 101 Lab class. That's a whole lot of Blackboard. In the past I have used Moodle as a an organizational tool for all my classes. Blackboard seems to be roughly equivalent in capability to Moodle. I prefer Moodle, but that may be biased based on experience. One definite advantage to Moodle was that we run it on a local computer which is very seldom overloaded, while Blackboard is external and there are fairly common small delays.
I have previously decided that I would use Visual Studio for a Windows-specific version of my assembly book, so the experience learning to use VS will be somewhat beneficial to me when I tackle the Windows book. I have yet to decide whether I will use masm, nasm or yasm. I haven't tried any of them yet, but the deciding issue may be how well it integrates with the VS debugger. I expect that masm will be better, but I don't yet know. I would prefer nasm or yasm since they are simpler and I already know enough about them, but masm may get the nod due to utility.
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