[plug] New to list - file system

[Nick Bannon]

On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 02:49:03PM +0800, Greg Mildenhall wrote:
> Fortunately, there is a thing called "UMSDOS", which uses various dodgy
[...]

I think a UMSDOS install is exactly what you're after, Mike - give it
a shot.

Your other two options are ;

1. LoopLinux (formerly DosLinux) ;
  http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/index.html
  or
  ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/Linux/distributions/doslinux

  This will place the whole Linux system inside a single FAT file. It
  might also be good for building a UMSDOS system if you're having
  trouble getting other things to install.

2. FIPS to shrink the size of your FAT partition, then use the free
  space for a traditional Linux/ext2 system. Lots of people do this.

You can still access your ext2 files from DOS - you'll want something
like LTOOLS ;

http://www.it.fht-esslingen.de/~zimmerma/software/ltools.htm

Seriously, though, backup your vital files before fiddling. This is
always good advice, often ignored, often gotten away with, but it does
bite you sometimes. ::-/

Nick.

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