Linux/Unix in the classroom

[Hewitt Tech]

I think you would avoid using a distro that tried to boot off an NT or XP
system. AFAIK, NTFS support in Linux is experimental. I think it works well
enough that you can for example, change the system password information, but
anything more extensive could lead to problems.

-Alex

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Buskey" <tom at buskey.name>
To: <discuss at gnhlug.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Linux/Unix in the classroom



There are some versions of linux that install on top of a DOS file
system.  To run them, you shutdown to DOS then run a BAT file.  I've
played with them a bit on older hardware and they felt like regular
linux with X, etc.

I don't know how well they'd work on top of NT or XP.

There are the floppy based linux distributions that run off RAM disks.
These typically don't have X though one or two might.

Zip drive or USB drive based distributions with a boot floppy will give more
functionality.

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Tom Buskey


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