On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Consider two computers one with > Windows and the other with Linux. > They only differ in that the machine > code written on the respective hard > drives is diferent.I am certain that > a simple file copying "setup.exe" > program can move all code from a > CD-rom onto ones hard drive.
That would be possible only if Linux and Windows shared the C: unit to store their files. If not, your setup.exe would have to repartition the hard disk *while* Windows is still using it. Such thing would be extremely dangerous. It's not just a matter of copying files. BTW: Linux has a special filesystem called "umsdos" which would allow you to store Windows and Linux files on the same "C:" partition, but this is not the optimal way to run Linux, so Debian does not support umsdos-based installs.
