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- From: blair@lll-crg.llnl.gov (Gary Blair)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: multiuser, multidisk questions from novice
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- Date: 19 Aug 92 20:22:00 GMT
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- Please excuse any of the following that may be FAQs. If they're all FAQs,
- please direct me to the FAQ list.
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- I have a ISA 486/33 system with a 200Mbyte HD and 4Mbyte RAM.
-
- 1. What compiler, if any, is needed to compile/install Linux?
-
- 2. Is Linux a true multiuser, password protected system?
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- 3. Is is possible to connect other PCs/terminals via serial lines to
- allow multiple simultaneous users? Any suggestions on how to do
- this?
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- 4. If (3) is possible, any ideas on what performance will be like?
- Users will be doing simple things, not massive compiles.
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- 5. Is is possible for a Linux partition to coexist with a DOS
- partition on the same disk? How easy is it to switch between the
- partitions?
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- 6. Is is possible to move files between DOS and Linux?
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- 7. Would it be possible to install a second hard disk dedicated to Linux?
- How do I indicate that Linux is to be booted from that disk?
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- Gary J. Blair (510) 422-6675 blair@dancer.llnl.gov
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- P.O. Box 808, L-156
- Livermore, CA 94550
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