From: "Chris Jones" <cj7 AT ukc DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Linux & Win 2000 (not really Djgpp)
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 16:47:01 -0000
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> > What are the differences between all the different versions? What
> > are the advantages of each distribution?
>
> Er, that's a tough question for me to answer, since I've only really
> used RedHat.

So why did this all come about? Is there no standard linux because the
source code is all available, so various people/companies modified it their
own way and now there's no "normal" version?

> If the MBR gets trashed, it's not too bad. I've managed to recover
> from that several times. What you do need is a set of boot disks.

Oh dear - I don't have a floppy drive in my machine :-(
Never actually needed one: CD-ROM + hard disk + network = everything until
now. Maybe I'll have to splash out a tenner and get one.

> If you want to restore Windows's control of the MBR, boot up from your
> DOS/Windows boot disk and type 'fdisk /mbr' to make DOS/Windows
> bootable again.

Ahh yes, I thought I remembed there was a secret fdisk switch. Cheers :-)

> If you want to use FAT disks with Linux, I recommend you use kernel
> 2.2.10, if you're using a 2.2.x kernel. I experience FAT filesystem
> corruption with an earlier release.

What kernel version is included in RedHat 6.1?

> There are utilities for reading Linux disks from Windows '95, Windows
> NT, e.g. Explore2fs:

Cheers, that looks very useful.

> You can read NTFS from DOS - see:
> http://www.sysinternals.com/

I've tried that - it doesn't work properly with NTFS 5 (Win2000) disks.
Works fine with NTFS4 though.