Mlinux or Monkey Linux (I guess it is a monkey on the back of DOS???) does
use UMSDOS. It is designed for someone to try/learn linux without having to
repartition the system. It will fit compressed on about 5 floppies and
includes a stripped Netscape (older version). I can vouch that it does run
and quite well too.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gevaerts Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Rhett Daza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: mlinux
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>On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> My questions are: How does monkey linux do this? What are the pros and
cons?
>> And can any of the major distributions do this?
>>
>It probably uses a umsdos installation. I believe Slackware can do it as
>well, not sure about the others. The pros are that you can keep your
>existing partitions, and that sharing data between linux and dos/windows
>becomes somewhat easier. The cons are that the umsdos filesystem is much
>less stable than ext2, and the system (file access) will be much slower.
>
>As far as the boot manager is concerned, every linux installation can be
>booted from the DOS prompt using a program called loadlin.
>
>Frank
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