Linux

Seth Gordon sgordon at kenan.com
Mon Feb 22 07:44:44 PST 1999


Disclaimer: I haven't actually installed Linux yet.

I find the whole "open-source software" movement (of which Linux is the most visible part) very intriguing; I'd love to see analyses of it by more people who are clueful about economics.

Dennis R Redmond wrote:


> On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Alex LoCascio wrote:
>
> > Must I partition my HD in order to run DOS/Windows programs? I thought
> > Linux had an emulator program?
>
> Hmm, repartitioning your HD erases everything, I think, but you can simply
> use your preexisting partitions for Linux...

There's a program called FIPS that will repartition a drive without erasing it. It's available at:

ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-5.2/i386/dosutils/fips20/

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