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Tom MacIntyre <tmacinty@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:37be8bd1.41615386@news1.ns.sympatico.ca...
> Rod Speed <rodspeed@ozemail.com.au> wrote

>>> I recently had to look at a laptop computer which had a defective
>>> video circuit, and was a write-off (no display on its own or external
>>> VGA port). I was able to get a directory printout and back up some
>>> files to floppy using DOS... with Windows 3 or 95/98 it would have
>>> been just about impossible, but with DOS it was easy.

>> Got SFA to do with what was being discussed, the
>> partitioning of the boot drive and how that suits dos
>> prompt ops. It would be completely mad to be partitioning
>> the hard drive so that sort of rare stuff is more convenient.

>>> It's starting to look like you're so blinded by the opposition
>>> you've gotten to some of your ideas that you're lashing out
>>> without even considering what you're lashing out at.

>> Its been obvious all along that you cant manage to grasp what was
>> being discussed, how to partition the boot drive for FAT32 Win9x.

> Hmmm...this thread has moved on,

Nope. No one ever said that DOS ops arent useful
for techs that are dealing with recalcitrant systems.

ALL I said was that only dinosaurs do much at the DOS prompt in a
working FAT32 Win9x system so it is completely pointless partitioning
the boot drive in a way that makes that particular use more convenient.

> and yet you don't want to,

I'm quite happy to discuss whether DOS is any use when dealing
with a system that cant boot etc. I have never ever said that doing
that is a dinosaur approach. Even if you cant manage to grasp that.

> but still criticise others for not "moving on" from DOS...

When using a FAT32 Win9x system thats working fine. At least TRY to keep up.

> you're content to discuss DOS until you have no reply,

You dont know that either.

> whereupon you hide behind the original discussion.

I rub your nose in the fact that you are raving on about what wasnt being discussed.

> I think you argue in absolutes a bit too much...

You already know what I think of what you 'think'.

> ok, here...if I was putting together a new system, AND didn't
> have some of the constraints/circumstances that I currently
> have, I probably would go with a single FAT32 partition myself.

And thats all I ever said in this pathetic excuse for a thread.
I never even said that anyone else should do that, just said
that thats what *I* would do in a specific situation.

> The problem is, my computer is the result of a process of evolution, and
> is also a family computer, and so I have partitions, to accomodate reality.

You dont need partitions to accomodate reality. Its just one way to do that.

> The rest of the family is free to simply learn what they can/will
> while using the PC, because Dad's here to wrestle with any serious
> problems...and I usually can, despite the fact that I can't convince
> you that I'm capable of grasping the notion of partitions and FAT32.

I've never ever said anything remotely resembling that either.