* Jamin W. Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:59:18 -0700 Cam Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I checked out DDO, and the requisite software (it's a Maxtor 40G > > drive) is a Windows application -- no indication that there is any > > other way to install it. I do not have Windows installed, and I'm not > > about to empty my 40G drive to install it. How did you do it? > > > > (I assume that the DDO software re-writes appropriate portions of the > > BIOS.) > > Last time I used it, it created a floppy that was then used to rewrite the > MBR of the hard drive with the DDO software. It doesn't update the BIOS, > instead it sits between the BIOS and the OS and acts as a translator. I'd > be happy to extract the image to floppy and create a dd dump of the floppy > for you. > That's very kind of you. I'll be happy to take you up on it. I'm assuming that either you have the Maxtor software or that the DDO software is cross-hardware. If they don't match, a buddy of mine does run Win95 (he's not entirely happy, but does not take easily to change, so my efforts to get him onto Debian have thus proved fruitless) -- but I won't see him until late next week.
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