"Jim Varnum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Clearly the native linux ext2 file system is far superior to FAT16 but I
> personally have never found FAT16 to be fragile. [...] I got 'bit' by
> a normally benign boot virus that must have had a bug and it trashed the
> drive......stupid me!
You always have to weigh the value of what you might lose against the effort
of backing it up. If the system's expendable, then no big deal (though the
pride sure takes a beating!) I think the concern about UMSDOS (besides
performance) is the susceptibility to lost clusters and the like in the
event of a problem while using DOS. These could cause problems with files
that Linux uses that reside on the FAT partition.
> [...]
> No I think there are still several UMSDOS distributions available. I use
> Pygmy linux. It is the best UMSDOS linux I've found to date. I've tried
> HAL91, mulinux, dragon, xdenu, monkey and abunch others.
Definitely a YES there!
> [...] All of the Debian packages
> list the dependencies that the package requires to run. That is, if I
> want to download an application as a debian package....like an editor
> for example, The DEBIAN site tells me that this editor will require
> libraries 'X', 'Y', and 'Z' so I can check my current system to see if I
> need them or not. If I do then there are links on the Debian page to
> download those as well......very nice.
apt-get will do all that automatically as well!
Glad to see others experiencing the joys of Linux on old hardware!
- Bob
To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message.
Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
More info can be found at;
http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
