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Re: Is Debian Compatible?



On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Michael Manlief wrote:

> Hi,
>     I'm for the most part a unix novice.  I would like to try the Debian
> package, but still be able to to use win95 on my machine (not
> simultaneously, of course).  I would like Win95 to be my main operating
> system, and just use debian when i want to run unix based software.  Is
> this possible?  I'm also reluctant to use the HOWTO installation guide,
> because i don't want to wipe out my current windows setup, is the a
> HOWTO for people who want to use multi-OS's with debian?

You don't have to wipe out Win95, but you should consider backing it up,
as any repartitioning can be risky (although I have never had a problem
with either fips or Partition Magic). 

Look in the mini HOWTO directory, which has quite a few examples:
Linux+DOS+Win95+OS2
Linux+DOS+Win95
Linux+OS2+DOS
Linux+Win95
Linux+WinNT
Win95+Win+Linux

Caution, you may find yourself using Win95 less and Linux more as time
goes on.

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Bob Nielsen                 Internet: nielsen@primenet.com
Tucson, AZ                  AMPRnet:  w6swe@w6swe.ampr.org
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