Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Am 03:07 2002-12-06 -0800 hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: > > > The response I got to a simple > request for an DOS or Windows > based "SETUP.EXE" program which > loads Linux onto my hard drive, I have a vbs Virus taken from 'I-love-You.vbs' It do nothing, until it is 01:00 CET. Then it w

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:45:04PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: >> Actually, I would find it significantly easier to borrow code from Wine >> to do registry parsing and run a tool against a Windows partition >> mounted read-only to extract the information we need, than I would to >> write a Wind

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 12:24:56PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 07:08:17PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:31:11AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > > Why make it a separate program that runs under Windows? Why not mount > > > the

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Richard Atterer
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 07:04:46PM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > Are VFAT partitions still common? I thought Windows 2000 and XP both > used NTFS by default. And last time I tried (about a year ago, I > think) mounting NTFS read-write on Linux was still flaky. But ISTR that _file_overwrite_ sup

Re: bill gates linux

2002-12-08 Thread Ben Collins
> 1/ we don't want to have to know the technical > details of how to get to the step4/ above (in the > given table above). > 2/we want one of the following:- > A/ to be able to insert a floppy disk into > our "a" drive , turn on the computer, > the comp

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 07:08:17PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:31:11AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Why make it a separate program that runs under Windows? Why not mount > > the Windows partition from the Linux installer, and read the registry > > from there?

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 11:31:11AM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > Why make it a separate program that runs under Windows? Why not mount > the Windows partition from the Linux installer, and read the registry > from there? Because it's easier for Windows to read its own registry and write a

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 02:25:19PM +, John Lines wrote: > Reading the thread on installation from Windows - one thing which might help > new Linux users would be a program which they ran from Windows before they > started, which would record all the things Windows knows about their system > whi

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 07:04:46PM +0200, Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 04:30:10PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > > Another idea: why not support an installation in an ext2 filesystem > > which is really a big file on a Windows VFAT partition, m

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Richard Braakman
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 04:30:10PM +0100, Emile van Bergen wrote: > Another idea: why not support an installation in an ext2 filesystem > which is really a big file on a Windows VFAT partition, mounted using a > loopback device? That would do away with all the partitioning; that > would only be nee

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread bob parker
On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 02:30, Emile van Bergen wrote: > Another idea: why not support an installation in an ext2 filesystem > which is really a big file on a Windows VFAT partition, mounted using a > loopback device? That would do away with all the partitioning; that > would only be needed when the us

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Richard Braakman
On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 04:22:52PM +0100, Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > Hmmm, ok, on 2nd thought there's modems, printers, and old ISA cards. > Anything else? What about configurations for IP, DNS, mail and news? I don't see why it would be limited to hardware detection. Richard

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Emile van Bergen
Hi, On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 02:25:19PM +, John Lines wrote: > Reading the thread on installation from Windows - one thing which might help > new Linux users would be a program which they ran from Windows before they > started, which would record all the things Windows knows about their system

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Damian M Gryski
On Sun, 08 Dec 2002, John Lines wrote: > Reading the thread on installation from Windows - one thing which might help > new Linux users would be a program which they ran from Windows before they > started, which would record all the things Windows knows about their system > which will be required b

Re: Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 15:25, John Lines wrote: > Reading the thread on installation from Windows - one thing which might help > new Linux users would be a program which they ran from Windows before they > started, which would record all the things Windows knows about their system > which will be re

Pre-linux Windows program - was Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-08 Thread John Lines
Reading the thread on installation from Windows - one thing which might help new Linux users would be a program which they ran from Windows before they started, which would record all the things Windows knows about their system which will be required by a Linux installation. This could include inf

Re: bill gates linux

2002-12-08 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, > 4/ many of us millions would very much like to have > the option of using both systems on our computer. They actually have. > 1/ we don't want to have to know the technical > details of how to get to the step4/ above (in the > given table above). This is being worked on. A lon

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-07 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, Am 03:07 2002-12-06 -0800 hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: > > > The response I got to a simple > request for an DOS or Windows > based "SETUP.EXE" program which > loads Linux onto my hard drive, I have a vbs Virus taken from 'I-love-You.vbs' It do nothing, until it is 01:00 CET. Then it w

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-07 Thread Josselin Mouette
Please, first learn how to use your mail software. Your mails are just a pity to read. Le sam 07/12/2002 à 10:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Thank you all for your interesting > analysis to "setup.exe" > I am sorry to disappoint Craig Im > not a Troll. Yes, you are a troll. The title of yo

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.06.1207 +0100]: > The Linux "kernal" can't be so > foreign a language that it can be > copied ??? you are using Windows, don't forget that. it's impaired. you need control over vital sectors of the hdd, which Windoze inf^H^H^Hprotects.

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 07:19:33PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > 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 install

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Santiago Vila
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 co

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 03:07:17AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [...] > I am trying to avoid the problem which I have of needing a degree in > Rocket Science to even see anything on my computer which originates > from the blessed Linus "kernal". Who in this world can actually read > hexadecima

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 12:06:34PM +, Colin Watson wrote: >> The Linux "kernal" can't be so foreign a language that it can be >> copied ??? All code that the computer uses must come from a bios chip >> or the hard drive not from outer space. I am trying to avoid the >> problem which I have

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 03:07:17AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The response I got to a simple request for an DOS or Windows based > "SETUP.EXE" program which loads Linux onto my hard drive, would lead > me to thick I was asking for the combination to Fort Knox. No, it's because you've mis

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Till Gerken
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 06 December 2002 12:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The response I got to a simple > request for an DOS or Windows > based "SETUP.EXE" program which > loads Linux onto my hard drive, > would lead me to thick I was asking > for the combin

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread tomas pospisek
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The response I got to a simple > request for an DOS or Windows > based "SETUP.EXE" program which > loads Linux onto my hard drive, What you want is not a technical problem. So now, that you know it's feasible you have at least the following altern

Re: bill gates Linux

2002-12-06 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The response I got to a simple > request for an DOS or Windows > based "SETUP.EXE" program which > loads Linux onto my hard drive, > would lead me to thick I was asking > for the combination to Fort Knox. The combination to Fort Knox is 78

Re: bill gates linux

2002-12-03 Thread Philip Charles
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Luke Woods wrote: > the linux distro you seek exists. its called windows xp. > > nuff said. > > Luke > > p.s. qbasic is the programming language for stupid people. > Because it does not have line numbers ;) Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin,

Re: bill gates linux

2002-12-03 Thread Luke Woods
the linux distro you seek exists. its called windows xp. nuff said. Luke p.s. qbasic is the programming language for stupid people. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:29 AM Subject: bill gates linux > > I am not at totally stupid > p

Re: bill gates linux

2002-12-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:29, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am not at totally stupid > person.I have written a 60k > byte qbasic application program. Are these two statements related? > I have watched with interest over > the past few years the development > of Linux.I believe it will really > never g

Re: bill gates linux

2002-12-03 Thread Amaya
[EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: > What is required is in effect a Windows,xx or DOS based SETUP.EXE > program that would permanently install Linux on ones hard drive > including a Partition to allow dual Windows,XX and Linux to coexist > together. Just to mention a few Debian-based efforts: http://www.kno