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February 6th, 2003, 05:21 AM
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Re: just tried this out
I agree that there is too much hype for 'home' use, but there's a couple of distros that work ok for the workplace. I've currently got a couple of my corp Users running on Xandros and they're able to do 'work'  but it's definatley not ready for the average gamer. |
February 6th, 2003, 06:23 AM
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Re: just tried this out
I just wanted a full OS that I could boot from a CD -- a useful feature, and booting from a 3.5 diskette is, well, limiting. I mean, just how much OS can you fit in 1.44 mb? I mean, yeah you can, but still
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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat. The two will hover, spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
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February 6th, 2003, 06:41 AM
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Re: just tried this out
Windows CDs are bootable.
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February 6th, 2003, 09:45 PM
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Re: just tried this out
They are, but not in the way I wanted (or am I wrong?) Dont they just run the installer program? I dont want that, I want a full OS not the install program
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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat. The two will hover, spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
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February 7th, 2003, 03:18 AM
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Re: just tried this out
anyone know any linux? Im trying to figure out how to access my C drive after I boot from this CD.
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When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands with the buttered side facing down. I propose to strap buttered toast to the back of a cat. The two will hover, spinning inches above the ground. With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
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February 7th, 2003, 04:01 AM
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Re: just tried this out
Basicly:
/dev/hda for the first disk
/dev/hdb for the second
/dev/hdc for the third
/dev/hdd for the fourth
There's a lot more to it than this...such as you may have to mount the drive...
Also, depending on the distro, you may not be able to "see" a windows drive.
Normally linux CD distros are just to try out the linux system itself, or to tie in some way with a more secure system.
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February 7th, 2003, 05:30 AM
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Re: just tried this out
Instar, no, I don't think MS would let you run any of their OS without installing it first. |
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