On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 12:19:58 -0700, Bob George wrote:
> Or Botton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> By the way! The best proof that DOS can do alot of things, is
>> non other then actually... Windows 95 itself!! Just think! If Windows
>> 9x is a DOS program.. then anything you run on Windows... <EG>
> Hey, this is BRILLIANT! I never realized it before, but Linux and NetWare
> are ALSO DOS programs. I never knew DOS could do all this!
> Lessee: NetWare v3-4 uses a DOS partition to bootstrap, and I can launch
> Linux from DOS using loadlin. I see the DOS screens boot up and everything.
> It's REALLY DOS doing all the work. COOL!
hm.. not really.
I dont know about NetWare, but Linux is a full independed OS.
Loadlin is just a trick for booting Linux on top of another OS.
The thing is, that LoadLin OVERWRITE DOS with the Linux code.
This is possible since DOS does not protect its place in the memory
like the more "advanced" software usually do. So diffrant programs
can simple "write-out" DOS and replace it with themselves.
This is also, by the way, why you cant go back to DOS from Linux
in the same way. Since after you boot Linux with Loadlin, nothing
remains from DOS. If Linux was a DOS program like Windows 95,
then you could simply exit from Linux back to DOS prompt.
By the way, for those of you who are going to say "but you CANT
go back from Windows 95!", well you CAN. The only reason why
you cant come back from Windows is because MS made Windows
make it look like it. But I found a way how to bypass it.
I allready mentioned how to do it in this list, but if you
want I can post it again. Its really simple.
Or Botton
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