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Message-Id: <199702112150.WAA11727@magigimmix.xs4all.nl>
From: "yeep" <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
To: "Weiqi Gao" <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>, <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:38:29 +0100
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> >If GRUB is like LILO, it is hardly easy.  At least not for your
> >average Joe user.  It'll be fine for techie's, but not for
> >others.  I would personally prefer a menu based system bundled
> >with OD.  LILO is boring and leaves much chance for bungling in
> >inexperienced hands.  Heck it is even easy to mess up if you've
> >used it for years!
> 
> Hmmm...  I wouldn't want my average Joe User to mess around with their
> MBRs, period.
> 
> When I said grub was as easy as LILO, I meant that I could start using
grub
> fifteen minutes after I had downloaded it, having learned LILO in my
Linux
> "training classes" previously.
> 
> Although I admit that a menuing system front end for grub (or its
> substitute) in DOS (a l` Slackware installation menu) would be nice. 
Maybe
> we can use the 4DOS box drawing commands to do it.

Uhm, Isn't the idea of grub to load the OS?
Like, I mean 4DOS woulnd't even be loaded when grub "does it's thing"

	Yeep

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