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

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From: Mustafa Soysal
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 23:41

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In article <D388t6.5L9@eskimo.com>,  <hojo@eskimo.com> wrote:
>>>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.

On HPFS?

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