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Re: Doslinux

• Posted by Greg Phillips <i.shoot at REDNECKS.COM> Jul 30, 1999
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Oh, you keep the file system.  I'm putting up a small website about DosLinux
with
information about it you may want to know.

It's only limitation is that it gives you a base Linux system, which can be
*easily* extended with downloads.  For example, I have DosLinux running as
psuedo-Redhat, with X, KDE, the gcc compiler, etc.
DosLinux allows a user to eliminate all the hassle by installing Linux to an
image file on a hard drive. No repartitioning necessary. This is not a umsdos
file system, but a real linux ext2 file system inside an image file mounted
using
a loopback device.

Basically, it boots from dos, then kicks dos out from underneath it.

Greg Phillips

Irv Mullins wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> > I have installed Doslinux and have got it working.  I got X working too.  I
> > haven't done much with it though; it's pretty limited.
> >
> > But if you don't want to repartition your drive, it is a good way to get
> > your feet wet.
> >
> Jason:
>
> Could you give us more detail about the limitations? It would help to know
> these things before we get too interested in DOSLinux on CD.
>
> I realize you lose the benefits of the LInux file system. What else?
>
> Regards,
> Irv