Re: Linux

["Russ W. Urquhart" urqurw@xxxxxxxx]

On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 09:16:02AM -0500, Nathan Sivin wrote:
> Jeff Seager has raised the question of XyWrite under Linux. I
> wonder if I might begin a new slightly broader thread for a
> problem I have been thinking about for a long time?
>
> I too am thoroughly fed up with the propensity of Windows 95 to
> crash, and gather that NT, despite the PR, is equally prone to do
> so if one uses DOS and 16-bit Windows programs under it. I would
> like to convert to Linux on an impending new computer, preferably
> without also installing Windows. I still use a number of DOS
> programs that have added only bloat in their Windows versions.
> But I would like to go further because I do not want to load vast
> numbers of Linux files needed to operate a network when I will
> not be part of one.
>
> I am raising two related questions:
>
> 1. Is it possible to set Linux up without the network files
> (keeping only those needed for modem access to the Internet)? Is
> there any guidance available for doing it? I have looked
> unsystematically at a number of books and web sites, but none of
> them mention the possibility.

I'm pretty sure that you can do an installation this way. I would recommend
that you one of the Linux mailing list, and post this question there. I
recently joined the Yellow Dog Linux mailing list (Linux for Mac) and they
were able to provide me with the specifics for installing Linux, in a
specific configuration.

>
> 2. How would XyDOS and XyWin work on such an installation? I will
> need to continue using both. How stable is Linux using non-Linux
> hardware? If there is a difference between versions, which is the
> best for the purpose?

I'm unclear as to if you mean that you plan to still have dos installed or
whether you want to have xywrite run under a dos emulator on Linux? I
haven't tried this, so i can't say, but i do know that there are supposed to
be some very good pc/dos emulators available!

fwiw,


Russ