Rhett Daza wrote:
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> First off. Thanks to all who answered my query on uninstalling RH 1.0.
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> I recently encountered Mlinux or monkey linux in another list about PCs. All
> installations of Linux I know call for a separate partition and a boot manager.
> But according to the writer, Monkey Linux installs directly in the DOS
> partition.
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> My questions are: How does monkey linux do this? What are the pros and cons?
> And can any of the major distributions do this?
One of my machines is actually using Monkey Linux.
Monkey Linux coexists with your existing DOS/Windows partition by using
UMSDOS. From DOS, you'll be able to see your Linux files and directory
structure, and from Linux, you'll be able to see your DOS stuff.
As far as cons go, UMSDOS is a little slower than native Linux file
system formats, and additionally, since it's really just using the
existing DOS file structure, you'll also suffer from the large cluster
size of DOS (which is significant because Linux makes a lot of small
files (configuration files, symbolic links etc) that'll eat up your hard
drive space pretty quickly).
All distributions of Linux should have UMSDOS available as a filesystem
option.
