There is at least one distro that allows one to start the install from Win95 (When I saw it Win95 was all there was.) It also allowed the installer to opt for a desktop icon that would reboot the system into that distro much in the same way that it could reboot into MS-DOS.
There is also a product called commercial product called vmware which allows one Yes! to run Linux inside a Windows window. As well as the other way around! This is done via emulation of the hardware. It is an unbelievable app - it could actually bore through Windows HAL and expose ALL the hardware - serial, parallel ports devices etc. to the system running in the emulator. So there! raja pksharma wrote: > well .. err .. well .. err .. it can be done .. > there IS such > a program .. > > (ducking the rotten eggs, shoes, brick/bats, > tomatoes) > > ..pk J2 > > (next some1 will be calling me Da DO > ;-D ) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Soumyadip Modak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:37 PM > Subject: [ilug-cal] Winlinux > > > >>Was pkjethu talking about running linux from > > windoze? > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html > > -- Raja Guha --------- Real computer scientists despise the idea of actual hardware. Hardware has limitations, software doesn't. It's a real shame that Turing machines are so poor at I/O. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
