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Re: UMSDOS partition and debian



Take a look at dilinux
ftp.sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/dilinux

It's a very good example of what you want.

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996 David_Oswald@prenhall.com wrote:

>      Hello all...
>      
>         I have gathered that it is possible to run the debian installation 
>      in a dos fat partition. I am hoping that this configuration would 
>      resemble the slakware installation running over the dos fat partition.
>      
>         I've not seen any documentation about how this has to be setup.
>      
>      ??? Does there exist a set of installation disks that will allow me to 
>      build the op. sys. over my existing dos file system(s) ??? I have 
>      several students / colleagues here that would like to try the os but 
>      cant / won't commit themselves to repartitioning disks so close to the 
>      end of the semester. (I'm not going to ask them to bring their boxes 
>      in so that I can fibs their disks for them - and run the risk ...)
>      
>         I would specifically like to have a "drv_letter:\linux\..." on a 
>      MS-DOg filesystem and would like to use the dos executable loadlin.exe 
>      to light the debian install at my convenience.
>      
>         I like the slakware install because they have made this install 
>      completely painless. However I prefer to run with the debian 
>      installation because:
>      
>                 1) slakware did not support my scsi controller that is 
>      integrated into my Hewlett Packard "Vectra XV 5/133C". I _think_ its 
>      an AMD scsi controller. I'd have to reboot to be sure...
>      -and-
>                 2) IMHO - while the dselect package needs a facelift - it 
>      is functional. I prefer the debian OS - I just think the Debian linux 
>      variant is a better system than the others.
>      
>      Please help,
>      keep up the great work,
>      and Thanks in advance...
> 
> 
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