On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:11:20PM -0700, Curt Howland wrote:
> > There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux
> > a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it
> > had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up
> > loadlin wi
> There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux
> a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it
> had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up
> loadlin with an initrd thing. If you get stuck, just look at how they
> do it,
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:20:16AM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote:
> on my laptop I use a loopback-file for the /usr partitions.
> This is however, very slow.
> I think you would be better off using the umsdos filesystem (which hapily
> co-exsists with windows on the same disk-partition
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:11:20PM -0700, Curt Howland wrote:
> > There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux
> > a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it
> > had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up
> > loadlin wit
> There are distros that are designed for people who want to give linux
> a try without repartitioning. I tried one a couple years ago, and it
> had a windoze-based installer that created the image file, and set up
> loadlin with an initrd thing. If you get stuck, just look at how they
> do it, o
On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 10:20:16AM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote:
> on my laptop I use a loopback-file for the /usr partitions.
> This is however, very slow.
> I think you would be better off using the umsdos filesystem (which hapily
> co-exsists with windows on the same disk-partition w
on my laptop I use a loopback-file for the /usr partitions.
This is however, very slow.
I think you would be better off using the umsdos filesystem (which hapily
co-exsists with windows on the same disk-partition without troubles).
On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Curt Howland wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I realize
on my laptop I use a loopback-file for the /usr partitions.
This is however, very slow.
I think you would be better off using the umsdos filesystem (which hapily
co-exsists with windows on the same disk-partition without troubles).
On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Curt Howland wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I realize
Hi.
I realize that the "best" way to install a distribtion
of Linux is to wipe the disk and start over, but I'm
curious if anyone has tried this.
I put a copy of Dragon Linux on my laptop, in a 1-gig
loop-back "partition" file so that it cohabitates with
windows just fine. However, having actu
Hi.
I realize that the "best" way to install a distribtion
of Linux is to wipe the disk and start over, but I'm
curious if anyone has tried this.
I put a copy of Dragon Linux on my laptop, in a 1-gig
loop-back "partition" file so that it cohabitates with
windows just fine. However, having act
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