Re: Installing to UMSDOS?
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Phillips <sjp@sawdust.cvfn.org> writes:
Steve> How does one install to a UMSDOS partition instead of an ext2
Steve> pertition? Has anyone ever done this?
I got 4 arj'ed DOS archives. Uncompress them into a DOS directory,
you have a debian base system on UMSDOS. Then you can start debian
from DOS and dselect whatever you want.
How did I make them? I installed a debian base system on a partition
and then mount a UMSDOS parition. I then tarr'ed the whole thing to
the UMSDOS side. I am not sure if there are some hidden problems with
this method but I was able to use X, etc. I don't use it everyday so
I can't say how reliable it is.
The reason I stopped using it is that I think it's not worth it. A
base installation takes about 14 meg on ext2 but it took 60 meg on a
DOS directory with 16k clusters. Installing X and some docs, etc took
it to 200 meg+. On top of this, there is also some performance
penalty. UMSDOS is good for trying linux out but is not ideal for
day-to-day work.
/Billy
Steve> -- Steve Phillips sjp@cvfn.org
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