On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 09:13:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey all, > > I am trying to install Debian for the first time (first time installing any > GNU/Linux OS) on an old crappy 486 laptop currently running DOS/Windows3.1 > off 4 Megs of RAM (like I said, crappy), and I was wondering if there was a > way to install Debian, and still keep it able to boot into DOS. Perhaps I
Yes, more than 1 way in fact (LILO, loadlin, and some commercial offerings) > could partition the drive in half and have one on each? If I did that, > though, how would I be able to choose which one to boot from? > Also, does anyone know if a Mac will recognize Debian formatted disks (if it > has it's own format at all - hey, I said I was a newbie!) and files (assuming > there are converters available out there..). I suppose if there wouldn't be > any conversion problems, I wouldn't need to keep DOS, anyways, actually.. > heh.. The Linux kernel supports many filesytems, including dos, vfat, and I think even Mac(?). Please read up on the INSTALL howtos and look at the Hardware howto. You can find links to this info from the debian homepage.
