ubi@sri-unix.UUCP (01/15/87)
I ran rn this morning and, to my suprise, it asked me if I wanted
to subscribe to a new newsgroup called comp.os.minix. I said sure,
and was even more suprised to find that it was empty. So here is
a question from a friend who has a PC and is considering MINIX:
If one has a hard disk, is it possible to partition it
in such a way that it would be relatively easy to switch
between MINIX and MS-DOS? Having all that UNIX-like
software is great, especially for only $80, but some people
still want to run Wordstar, BASIC (Ugh!), Turbo Pascal, and
games written for MS-DOS.
(Please excuse my lack of OS knowledge.)
I wonder if this will be the first posting.
--Ron Ueberschaer uucp: ...!{hplabs, rutgers}!sri-unix!ubi
SRI International arpa: ubi@sri-unix.ARPA
Menlo Park, CApozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) (01/16/87)
In article <901@sri-unix.ARPA> ubi@sri-unix.ARPA (Ron Ueberschaer) writes: > > If one has a hard disk, is it possible to partition it > in such a way that it would be relatively easy to switch > between MINIX and MS-DOS? Having all that UNIX-like > software is great, especially for only $80, but some people > still want to run Wordstar, BASIC (Ugh!), Turbo Pascal, and > games written for MS-DOS. > MS-DOS will let you. I don't know about MINIX... Tim
kuo@skatter.UUCP (01/21/87)
In article <1665@hoptoad.uucp>, pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) writes: > In article <901@sri-unix.ARPA> ubi@sri-unix.ARPA (Ron Ueberschaer) writes: > > > > If one has a hard disk, is it possible to partition it > > in such a way that it would be relatively easy to switch > > between MINIX and MS-DOS? Having all that UNIX-like > > software is great, especially for only $80, but some people > > still want to run Wordstar, BASIC (Ugh!), Turbo Pascal, and > > games written for MS-DOS. > > > > MS-DOS will let you. I don't know about MINIX... > Tim I have seen a program called bootcode.asm that modifies the boot record on your hard disk and prompts you for which partition to boot from when you turn the system on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Kuo Bitnet (VMS address) : KUO@SASK Accelerator Laboratory (UUCP address) : "skatter!kuo@sask.uucp" (a.k.a. The Beam Warehouse) Univ. of Saskatchewan uucp (unix address) : !ihnp4!sask!skatter!kuo Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Bitnet address) : !ihnp4!sask.BITNET!kuo CANADA S7N 0W0 Tel. (306) 966-6059 [Disclaimer: all the standard stuff.]