Re: Who cares just use Linux (Re: How OS/2 Warp Wins Win95 Loses ! ! ! !)

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From: hojo
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 16:36

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>>Mustafa Soysal (os2-l@mistik.express.net) wrote:
>>: Whatever that was.... I tried to install the linux et al, but it wants
>>: to be the only system on the computer (no boot manager support), so I
>>: ditched them all (freebsd, linux,...).  Why would I want free software
>>: if I cannot get support for high end hardware?
>>
>>Hmm. That's funny. I run Linux with DOS, and can easily add OS/2 or anything
>>else, provided I have the disk space.
>>
>>That's what LILO is for.
>>
>
>Yeah, but I want to use IBMs Boot Manager, not LILO.  Besides, LILO
>didn't exist when I tried to do that.  Why would I trust my supported
>software to unsupported software?
>
You can use OS/2's BM to boot Linux. I know because I am doing that.

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