Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Confirmation requested | Date | Tue, 7 Jan 1997 12:00:09 -0500 (EST) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> After trying in vain to get Linux running on my PC I have been advised that > it can't be done - at least, not if I want to maintain a DOS partition on > the same PC. I've been told that the boot sector hack that allows DOS to > recognize a hard drive over 512 MB is incompatible with Linux. Is there > really nothing I can do apart from investing in new hardware?
You can always boot Linux from a floppy.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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