From: jmadison@etsun.tech.iupui.edu (The Big Maaan) Subject: Re: [Q] DOS 6.0 + Linux coexist ? Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1993 06:21:11 GMT
In article <1993Aug5.154150.7044@dutrun2.tudelft.nl> wbtt001@dutrun2.tudelft.nl (A. Evers) writes:
>I have DOS 6.0 on my 1 physical IDE hard disk (220 MB, 16 MB internal, 486) and
>have DblSpace-d it (works fine btw). It was fdisk-ed with DOS 5 (upgraded to 6).
>Can i savely put Linux on it and have a part (say 40 MB DblSpace-d) for DOS 6 ?
>Is it necessary to remove DblSpace first (quite an exercise, btw) ?
>The FAQ says Stackers works fine with Linux...
>Unfortunately, i have to stick partially to DOS because of some dedicated XMS
>programs we use (they will definitely not run under dosemu).
>
>Anybody did this succesfully (or not) ?
>I'm asking this, because i heard that Dos 6 gave problems with Linux.
i wish i'd've heard b4 i tried then. d:)
well, mine's working perfectly thistime, althought tha first 2 or 3 times,
i must have partitioned my drive wrong, 'cause i had wiped out my DOS partition
(thank God for tha brains behind qic2120! :) but like a fool, i kept
trying, and alas, it works...i have:
85M partition for Linux
15M partition for DOS (uncompressed so i could transf. files back&forth)
rest for DOS6.0, DBLSPACED (it's 233M altogether...(all of us: "it's 233M"))
no probs yet, @least nothing that a few FAQ's couldn't/havent handled.
BTW, while i'm here, does anyone have/know where i can get a list of
SLIP sites (sites offering USENET,uucp, & other stuff i'd like to delve
into in tha future...don't worry, i'm getting another HD soon enough!)
shalom, y'all...
-jonM(REAL DJ (vinyl only!) + net.geek)
>Bye-bye,
>
>Eric.
>ericm@dutw34.tudelft.nl
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