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From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 21:48:26 -0500 (EST)
Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
To: yeep <yeep AT xs4all DOT nl>
cc: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>, opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, yeep wrote:

> > 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"

I think he realizes that.  My thoughts were that he was just
taking a crack at me for being a 4DOS advocate.  I took it in
that way anyways.  Not in an offensive way, but in a humorous
way.  Kinda funny if you ask me.  Nice to have a little humor to
break the seriousness of everything sometimes, don't you agree?


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