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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: What is best was to run DOS and Unix on same box?
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- Date: 14 Dec 92 21:05:58 GMT
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- | booloo@framsparc.ocf.llnl.gov (Mark Boolootian) writes:
- : I am about to take the plunge and purchase a 486 box. My wife will likely
- : be using the machine more than I to run a few DOS applications. When I work
- : on the machine, I want to run Unix. How can I best accomplish this?
- :
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- Many versions of UNIX and clones have a boot manager which allows you
- to boot dos instead. Assuming your wife will type one extra command at
- each boot, you can boot either. Linux, SCO, and Dell all support this,
- and I believe others do, too.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
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