Linux InstallFest II

[Noyes, Chuck]

Getting Win95 and Linux to co-exist is fairly easy.  I run Linux and
Win95 on a 486 at home with no problems. You don't need Partition Magic
or System Commander. The Linux-supplied tools and utilities work just
fine.  FIPS can be used to repartition your existing DOS hard drive and
LILO, installed in your MBR, can be used to boot between Linux and
Win95.

I'm sure you comp-sci class will learn more at the hands-on,
expert-laden, look-over-anyones-sholder, ask-any-question install fest
than they would learn in a mind-numbing lecture.  What's more, we don't
give suprise quizes...:).
 
Chuck Noyes
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>From: 	Tom Hallgren[SMTP:tomh at nh.ultranet.com]
>Sent: 	Monday, April 07, 1997 1:55 AM
>To: 	discuss at tarnhelm.blu.org
>Subject: 	Linux InstallFest II
>
>
>I've been lurking the linux newsgroups for sometime and I am greatly
>looking forward to getting my feet wet with Linux.  I have read a few books
>and a lot of the available information on the Internet, but your
>InstallFest II seems like a great opportunity to learn about Linux in a
>hands-on environment around experts.  
>
>I am particularly interested in having Linux and Windows 95 coexist
>peacefully, and I hear this is a complicated thing to do (I have purchased
>System Commander 3.0 and Partition Magic in preparation for this).  The
>computer I would like to install Linux on is a Winbook XP5, for which I
>found some information on the Linux Laptop Homepage.  Apparently, this
>leads to some complications as well.  All these considerations have made me
>hesitant to install Linux on my own.
>
>However, I am a full-time student at Phillips Exeter Academy in nearby
>Exeter, NH.  I was wondering if I could still get help installing Linux on
>my computer if I arrive there late, because my school holds a half-day of
>classes on Saturdays, and I might not be able to arrive at your convention
>until as late as two o'clock or so, unless I can get permission to miss
>classes or convince the computer science class to come along with me.  
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Tom Hallgren
>
>P.S.  If you have any information about your organization or your upcoming
>event, I would love to see it and pass it on to the computer science
>classes here at PEA.  My address is:
>
>Tom Hallgren
>c/o PEA msc7409
>20 Main Street
>Exeter, NH 03833
>
>