On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 04:38:06PM -0700, Andrew Agno wrote: > Thought I'd add this mail I got to the discussion. Incidentally, my > list came from lwn.net. > > Andrew Agno uttered: > > > Is there any way of installing Linux onto a FAT (Win 98) part. , > > > without standing the risk of losing data (either of the disk or of > > > the partition ) ? > > > > Yes there are ways to do this--check out Phat Linux, Armed Linux, or > > Dragon Linux. > > > > Andrew. > > > Don't neglect Zip-slack (www.slackware.com). But my experience with > running linux on vfat has been poor. Blow the $25 on a used 2 GB IDE > drive and dedicate it to Linux...
Red Hat will also install on a FAT partition; you need a bootdisk to get into it, though. Lose the disk and you can kiss your Linux goodbye. And it runs like a dog - I installed it once on a P166 and it ran like a low-end 486. Sam -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com
