On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:01:47 -0600 Day Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But the Nix distros are all so complex, I dont see how ordinary > users can do anything but overwrite the whole damn partition. And > while theoretically, I should be able to copy WINE and Corel's > PHOTOPAINT & WORDPERFECT to one of my other distros, dependancies > seem so complex I dont think I have the balls to try. It is like > needing a different edition of Arachne or Neopaint for every dos > distribution out there. not cool. Not all of the Linux distros are so complex. Recently I installed Caldera Systems Open Linux by using a CD-ROM which I access under Windows 95. With the programs supplied on the CD-ROM I was able to partition a portion of my HDD to prepare it for the OpenLinux installation, and without disturbing anything in my partition where Windows was running. After installing OpenLinux I set up the system with a multi-boot loader, also supplied. Then I could select either OpenLinux or Windows 95 at bootup. Next I deltreed Windows and installed Caldera DR-DOS version 7.03 in its place. Now this system will boot to either OpenLinux or DR-DOS, as selected by the operator. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ 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
