--- Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Eli, > > > James Tabor is probably right. To do this right, > we need a simple, > > stable DOS (or MS-DOS emulator), with drivers for > hard disks, USB flash > > disks, USB hard disks, LANs, etc., which can read > and write all > > varieties of FAT and NTFS without damaging long > file names and other > > metadata. > > You want Linux
No, we want DOS. A Microsoft server admin would be much more comfortable using a DOS-based rescue disk than anything *nix based since they all know the DOS commands. A person managing a *nix server will know *nix and therefore use Knoppix or FreeSBIE but give a Windows user a Knoppix CD and they'll be lost. Also, DOS has a smaller footprint (in both memory/CPU usage and disk space) than *nix or Windows which could be quite usefull. I think a FreeDOS distro for rescue/maintenance work would be a really good idea and if started I would almost certainly try and help. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
