Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:13:50 -0400 (EDT) From: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net To: (Paul DuBois) <dubois@primate.wisc.edu> Cc: andrew@MNSi.Net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: coexistance with DOS Message-ID: <XFMail.961026011900.wb2oyc@cyberenet.net> In-Reply-To: <199610242315.SAA15533@night.primate.wisc.edu>
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On 24-Oct-96 dubois@primate.wisc.edu wrote: >>Kyle Hellewell writes: >> Hi! I'd like to know if it's possable to have freebsd coexist with Dos, >> on one partition. I know with Linux, it defaults to useing a boot disk > >You can run Linux and DOS from the same partition? > Paul DuBois, Yes you can. Linux supports a filesystem type known as "umsdos" which is UFS-like on top of plain ole FAT. NOt recommended, and not real safe or stable, but it does work. In fact, I have such a 'Linux' (Slackware) on this very same machine that also runs Debian and FreeBSD. I use that umsdos Linux as an emergency kind of thing, in case I might encounter some disaster, I've found it helpful, and certainly better than booting DOS or some unix-like thing from floppy. Paul ---------------------------------- E-Mail: wb2oyc@cyberenet.net Date: 10/26/96 Time: 01:13:50 This message was sent by XF-Mail ----------------------------------
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