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Co- linux runs while vista running ...a full bodied linux ...may practice driver development immediately after boot..no partitioning ,no shutdown reboot required. the process to install the co-linux is outlined as following: --Download co-linux intaller exe :small one may be 2mb use ID Manager.exe to download,from the colinux sourceforge site ---it will prompt for the filesytem image download... --select c:\coLinux as path --in the default....Xml file change the paths for img file if in tht directory img file [>1Gb] is not there [mycase] then manually download the selfextracting rootfile system,Use IDM i downloaded Fadora ..6..exe extract to c:\colinux will give a  img file ---now edit Start-Fedora-6.bat  and give proper path for image like c:/coLinux/...img save and run the bat file from command prompt ---ignore and allow on warnings --DONE! now to get the  gcc  use  yum install gcc.i386 .... it will download and  install  the gcc compiler set Enjoy ! 

As there is lott of demands in the industry for linux professionals, a lott of software engineers have taken the learning path of linux internals as way to a successful career. Notes: I will periodically update this series of posts,as time becomes available to me. Resources: There are various resources available over the internet to assist your learning of driver development.I recommend please go through Linux Device Drivers book by CORBET and RUBINI 3rd Ed ,because this new edition contains updated info related to latest kernel 2.6.x. Device driver writers are expected to be  very proficient in C programming and now-a-days  in C++ too so make sure you develop a good practice in coding using these languages.Rest assured I will guide you to have a deep plunge into the oscean of device drivers. Add image to Myspace, Digg, Facebook, and others! Device Drivers : These represent a sofware layer that is mostly used for hardware abstraction.That means the layer provides a unified mecha