From: henry@acca.nmsu.edu (Henry - Man of knowedge) Subject: Re: Dos with stacker and Linux???? Date: 5 Feb 1993 20:45:21 GMT
Louis-D. Dubeau (hallu@boole) wrote:
: For what I know Linux is incapable to read or write Stacked
: partitions. I don't think the fs used for stacking a drive is public domain
: stuff, so I would be supprised if somebody came up with something that can
: read or write stacked drives.
: The only thing you can access are the files used by DOS at startup
: (i.e. command.com, autoexec.bat, config.sys, device drivers, etc.) because
: they are not stacked (otherwise the computer wouldn't be able to boot).
: However, I read a message some time ago in which somebody says that
: he is able to make stacker work in dosemu 0.4.7 (or is it 0.47??).
That is correct. I had the file and uploaded to:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/stacker.doc
I have not tested it since I do not trust stacker, but the author claims
it works just fine. I think I'll throw this into the MS-DOS FAQ
-Mark
MS-DOS FAQ dude