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Article #57083Linux and Windows partitions
From: Gareth Howell
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
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Hi ! Can anyone here help me with a problem concerning Linux ? I've got 2 500 meg hdds, which are removable. I want to partition them so that one of them is a DOS/Windows drive, and the other is a Linux drive. Is there any way to do this ? I want to be able to swop C: and D: drives and then load a different OS, or, maybe a menu from which I could choose which OS I wanted to run. Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. Please email me your replies, as I don't subscribe to this newsgroup. I've got a few more questions about Linux as well. Can Linux use DOS based utilities ? Are there similar utilities for Linux and DOS ? Can I take DOS games and run them on a Linux machine ? Can DOS recognise Linux drives ? Besides Linux being true 32 bit, and not made by Microsoft, are there any other great features ? Is there a 64 bit OS system available ? If I programmed something in DOS, would I be able to transport it to Linux and vice versa ? Is it easy to switch from DOS/Windows to Linux ? What utilities do you recommend I download for Linux ? Does Linux come with all the necessary sound/CD-Rom/Video device drivers ? Thanks for your trouble. Remember, please email your reply, as I am not a subscriber to this newsgroup. Thanks again, if you want any help with Pascal, or any utilities or anything in exchange, just ask, I'd be happy to help you out in return. I've got 100-150 megs of the best mods and s3ms available, if you'd like some of those in return as well, just ask. Thanks ! Gareth ... On a quiet night you can hear Windows crashing ...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,d767d54bcb211c2b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: caves@icon.co.za (Gareth Howell) Subject: Linux and Windows partitions Date: 1996/11/18 Message-ID: <3290bc6a.837880@jhb-news.iafrica.com> X-Deja-AN: 197284075 organization: Internet Africa newsgroups: aus.computers.linux