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From: gbuchanan@on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Free UNIX OS for Win32 PC
Date: 19 Jul 1997 15:57:21 GMT
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In article <33CDD787.2C8727DF@globalserve.net>,
johnny <johnny@globalserve.net> writes:
> root wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
> There is a program called mini linux it can installed on a Dos file
> system and run right from dos. It is basically a full linux except for
> things like long file names and some other minor stuff. It is perfect
> for people to "test it out"
> E-mail me and I will tell you how to get it.
This web page offers an approach which I hadn't seen before:
http://kludge.psc.edu/~ksulliva/netbsd/over-dos.html
Overview of the process
You create a large contiguous file in the DOS partition. You add
an entry to the FDISK partition table which points at the file.
You then build {Free,Net,Open}BSD normally using the new
partition.
This is probably not for the faint of heart or for the newbie,
but supported by carefully designed tools could be of use.
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Gardner Buchanan <gbuchanan@sympatico.ca>
Ottawa, ON