Learning to Program

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Oct 1 13:25:37 UTC 2007


On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 08:40:23AM -0400, Mel Wilson wrote:
> Does the umsdos intallation still exist?  This used to allow you to 
> install Linux in a directory in your DOS filesystem, and boot Linux, 
> replacing DOS, from a DOS command line.  Not as good as a dual boot, 
> but simpler.

No umsdos is fortunately long dead and gone.  It was a horrible idea
that just aimed at people who were unwilling to do a simple partition
resizing.

Besides if you have enough disk space for that, then you have enough
diskspace to resize your partitions and do a proper install.

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