[plug] Linux/win2k dual boot

[Bradley Browne]

Tony,

Windows 2000 does have the ability to give you a command prompt. 
You can type commands just like in the old DOS Window however I
think that a lot of the command line functionality has been taken
away -- probably for the reasons that Bret mentioned previously. 
I haven't tried cygwin on Windows 2000 but that could be a good
alternative if you find that Windows 2000 CLI lacks the necessary
things to get the job done.

Cheers,
Brad

Tony Clark wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Bret Busby wrote:
> 
> > That might not be such a good idea.
> >
> > >From what I have seen of Win2K, the only way that a command line prompt
> > can be obtained, is to reboot a Win2K machine, into DOS mode; what I saw
> > of it, lacked either a DOS window facility, or its equivalent. Thus, if
> > a user wanted to do any troubleshooting, for example, when in an
> 
> I'm not sure, but I would guess you could use cygwin and have pretty much
> normal shell facilities...but I good point as I do need to run scripts.
> 
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