From: "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:55:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <005101c16c53$38941a00$e08caad8@tds.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001201c16c55$31b43c40$7f7ef59b@essex.ac.uk>
Saqib,
Thanks. a brltty-enabled boot disk would be much appreciated. My Braille
Lite 40 is connected to com1 at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no
parity.
John
Computers to Help People, Inc.
http://www.chpi.org
825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saqib Shaikh" <ss@saqibshaikh.com>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:09
Subject: Re: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine
> Hi John,
>
> I talked to you about putting Linux on your computer a while back. The
> answer to your question is to install Linux on the D drive. If you want I
> could probably make you a BrlTTY enabled boot disk. Then there is a
program
> called Loadlin which can be put on your Windows partition to load linux.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Saqib
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org>
> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:12 PM
> Subject: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I have a machine with two disk drives. The C drive is now running
Windows
> > 98. The D drive is used for backup. The machine boots into dos, so I can
> run
> > dos programs if Windows commits suicide. I'm thinking of puting Linux on
> > what is now the D drive. Then I would have a little DOS program to start
> it
> > up after the machine boots. How can I write such a program? How do I
> install
> > Linux on what is now the D drive. There will be plenty of space to still
> use
> > it for backup. Better still, there are other machines on our network
which
> > can be used for backup.
> > Thanks a lot.
> > John
> >
> > Computers to Help People, Inc.
> > http://www.chpi.org
> > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
John J. Boyer
` Saqib Shaikh
` John J. Boyer [this message]
` Brent Harding
` John J. Boyer
` Brent Harding
` L. C. Robinson
` Brent Harding
` BIOS boot control (Was: Linux on a 2-Drive Machine) L. C. Robinson
` Linux on a 2-Drive Machine Bill Gaughan
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