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SubjectRe: Confirmation requested
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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.

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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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