Re: Installing Debian Linux on a new system w/out MSDOG
I'd recommend creating a partition for MS-DOS right away.
No need to actually install it till required.
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Jean Pierre
On Mon, 19 May 1997 adavis@saipan.com wrote:
> I'm waiting for parts to arrive for a new system. I can probably get a copy
> of MSDOG, but I'd like to avoid this. Eventually it will perhaps be
> necessary to install Windows 95 or Windows NT and MSDOG, but to begin with,
> I will install Linux.
>
> I expect to be able to create the installation disks for Debian on my
> long faithful machine electra. Can I reasonably expect to pull this off
> without installing DOS at all? Can I format the disks from the install
> disks? Can I partition them, all that?
>
> Another question, out of curiosity: will it be feasible to install Windows95
> later on? Will it stomp on the linux system? What about DOG---can I
> reasonably expect to install that AFTER linux, without a problem?
> Better still, can I run DOSEMU without having MSDOG installed ever at all?
> I have a few programs like skyglobe and another astronomy sky disply
> program, HYPERSKY, that I would like to run, as well as several other
> programs. I guess I would really need Windows 3.1 to run that on DOSEMU?
>
> Thanks in advance,
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