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From: root@no.spams.thank.you (root)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Free UNIX OS for Win32 PC
Date: 17 Jul 97 03:09:28 GMT
Organization: Nexus Networks
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Chris Gray (grayc@se.bel.alcatel.be) wrote:
: In article <33CB85F7.D6637551@internetwis.com> AbrAxaS <abraxas@internetwis.com> writes:

:        I am currently running an Intel/Win32 PC with FAT16. Can someone
:    recommend a free UNIX style OS that will run on my system? I don't
:    really want to mess with the FAT, but creating a new partition for the
:    OS would not be a problem.  Linux and FreeBSD seem to be options, but
:    maybe you have better ideas? Suggestions would be most welcome as I am
:    anxious to *experiment* with the UNIX OS.

You can run Linux with the umdos filesystem that will work on top of your FAT disk.

  ____                                                            ____
  \  /        Bjorn Lindgren   /   Nexus Network Security         \  /
__ \/___ nr@c64.org - root@nexus.pp.se - http://www.c64.org/~nr ___\/___
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...Contrary to popular belief, Unix is user friendly. It just happens
   to be very selective about who it decides to make friends with.