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Calum:
well, you can do that bootdisk/iso thing but a lot of people have posted here saying they can't really do the isos which is why i posted those links to cheap mail order linux distributions.

if you really do want to boot to DOS using a non win9x version of windows, you must boot into windows, put a blank floppy in your drive and then start>settings>control panel, then add/remove programs>emergency startup disk, then follow the dialogue to create a boot disk. reboot with that in the drive and bob's yer uncle, fannie's yer aunt.

now i just tried this in windows 2000 and the bootdisk option is not there in add/remove programs. No doubt it will be somewhere else in control panel, i also attempted to use the 'sys' command to make one, and that's no go as well. maybe you could download the disk image of a DOS bootdisk from bootdisk.com and then use rawrite (or dd if you have installed linux by then) to make a boot floppy.

frankly though, i don't know why you would ever need to boot to DOS once you have linux set up...

rtgwbmsr:
To get started with Linux, check this thread out:
http://forum.fuckmicrosoft.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=000057

It's got all you need to know...no use repeating what's been said. It's good that you chose Mandrake, as all of the info in that thread is Mandrake specific.

Enjoy   :D

lazygamer:
With a modem that WORKS in Linux(im sure most do though, so don't worry), and a burnt Linux CD(no no stupid windoid take the fucking thing outta the oven before it's too late!) nothing can stand in the way of you conquering a single boot Linux! Except being a bit too heavy into computer games.  ;)

I am a bit too heavy into computer games and don't have a modem that works! Talk about double whammy. The modem thing won't change for quite a long time, so im in permanant "bondage"(yes, no clean stuff with my mind) with Windows. Sigh ok Bill, I'll bend over.  :(

But it could be differnt for you! If you have a modem that works in Linux you'll be free I say, FREE!

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