On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > Subject: Re: LINUX and BLOAT > Barry asked: >> It is very interesting to me that you know of a way to fit the kernel of >> WIN9x on a floppy. Please elaborate. I am familiar with 98lite >> (www.98lite.net) and that is a great bloat remover but the best it can >> do is cut WIN98 down to about 40 MB. When you say floppy, I assume >> you mean 1.4 or 2.8 MB rather than 100 - 120 MB for a ZIP or LS120. > format a:/s ;-) >> I would love to have a lean - fast partition on my HD with LFN support of >> WIN98, command line only, 32 bit, etc. to do backups, file copying and not >> loose long file names. Also to run Opera and other compact 32 bit >> applications. > LFN support is doable. > Being able to run most 32-bit Win95-console is doable. > Running graphical Win95 programs is not doable. > //Bernie Well, you could try these steps : * edit the SHELL statement in SYSTEM.INI from "SHELL=EXPLORER.EXE" to "SHELL=COMMAND.COM" (run MSCONFIG to do so ) * use the START command at the prompt to start programs (e.g START Netscape to launch Netscape) Dev Anand Teelucksingh Interesting DOS programs at http://www.opus.co.tt/dave Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society at http://www.ttcsweb.org -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ --
