I wouldn't be so confident. MS-DOS is like that character in the movie Friday 13 who reappears in each sequel, only to be killed yet again.
I wouldn't touch Windows XP with a pound of high grade anthrax, but I would bet that there is a directory with yet another version of MS-DOS hidden away so one can open a DOS window and do useful things almost impossible to do from the GUI. Should be possible to do the sort of thing that was done with WinMe, to be able to boot to DOS. If anyone has access to an XP machine, how about formatting a floppy with the /s switch, then copying the useful contents from the directory corresponding to windows/command in Win9X. Should be able to set the NT loader up to dual boot to this DOS, too. Seems to me silly to go to all that trouble to make getting to DOS so difficult. It can be almost a necessity to restore a sick Windows OS, restoring from a backup under a restore program that runs under DOS. Maybe one of the reasons Linux appeals to me is I am a hopeless command line addict. Choppy At 09:07 AM 11/18/01 -0800, John Hebert wrote: >We were close a long time ago. I have lots of fond >memories of late nights with MS-DOS batch files while >in the USN. GUIs? We didn't need no stinking GUIs. ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
