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In article <3290bc9a.885885@jhb-news.iafrica.com>, Gareth Howell writes:


> 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.

It's easier than that. Partition C: for Dos/windows then when you're 
installing Linux partition drive D: and set up lilo (the boot loader) to 
give you an option of booting Dos or Linux. You won't have to swap around 
your drives.

> Please, any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Please email me your replies, as I don't subscribe to this newsgroup.

Then why bother posting here? I'll be letting him know my respose is here 
via email.
 
> I've got a few more questions about Linux as well.
> Can Linux use DOS based utilities ?

Not on the Linux partitions.

> Are there similar utilities for Linux and DOS ?

MC is very similar to Norton Commander, what other utilities are you 
interested in?

> Can I take DOS games and run them on a Linux machine ?

Some.

> Can DOS recognise Linux drives ?

No.

> Besides Linux being true 32 bit, and not made by Microsoft, are there
> any other great features ?

Multitasking, protected memory space, it's free, thousands of people will 
help you with it, bug fixes are released almost as fast as the bugs are 
identified.

> Is there a 64 bit OS system available ?

What processor are you thinking of?

> If I programmed something in DOS, would I be able to transport it to
> Linux and vice versa ?

If it's a C program out should be able to convert it without too much work. 
Of course it won't be taking advantages of any of the features of UNIX.
 
> Is it easy to switch from DOS/Windows to Linux ?

Sure, repartition and install.

> What utilities do you recommend I download for Linux ?

All of them.

> Does Linux come with all the necessary sound/CD-Rom/Video device
> drivers ?

Depends on what distribution you get and what hardware you have get the 
hardware-faq, most of them support most stuff.

> Thanks for your trouble.
> Remember, please email your reply, as I am not a subscriber to this
> newsgroup.
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