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Hello Wayne - 

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WC>> Don't have two heavy duty machines at the moment. I just
WC>> won't configure to mount HDA on boot and Windows should be
WC>> out of risk save for the dual boot setup. 

CA>> Until the hands touch the keyboard, yes. ;-) 

CA>> I always seem to find that I 'need' some file(s) that are
CA>> sitting on the non-Linux partitions and don't want to
CA>> reboot to transfer them to floppies. 

WC> I do this as well. 

CA>> THEN the fun begins if you don't un-mount the FAT
CA>> partition. 

WC> Yup, that describes my one and only major screwup, " cp
WC> filename.html /dev/hda1" Very ungood. Better I should have
WC> used cp filename.HTML /mnt/target_ directory 

There are many Linux executables that operate at a lower level
than is wise IMO. I realize there are purists that insist this
is a good thing but really, for general use, it's not IMO. 

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WC>> Knoppix has telnet and I can already write online. 

CA>> Standard Linux telnet does not include zmodem
CA>> up/downloading. 

WC>> There's a Linux InfoZip? I use Pkzip 2.50 in DOS here. 

CA>> Yes, you use pkzip in DOS but you won't have access to
CA>> that when using KNOPPIX. ;-) 

WC> That much I knew, GZIP 

Nope, the other 'zips' are not compatible with pkzip and the
BBS's that will be sending you zip'd packets of FIDO messages
won't necessarilly be using GZIP. They should never have
subsumed the 'zip' into the names of those binaries since they
are in no way compatible with the original 'zip' (pkzip). 

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WC> Well I'm working towards all Linix and your help was
WC> unbelievably welcome :-) 98 will be a fallback OS until I
WC> get my Knoppix just the way I like. 

If you intend to _create_ files you will need Windows for the
foreseeable future. If you only intend to use other peoples
files then you can drop Windows. 

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CA>> Image copies of the partitions would be safer but, yes,
CA>> I've done that here for my multiboot to DOS and W2K. 

WC> I've used xcopy32 with appropriate switches as well. 

That might work for FAT partitions but won't do much good for
the Linux partitions. :-) 

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CA>> KNOPPIX gives a person the opportunity to _see_ what OS
CA>> they are trying to learn to use. Being a good looking
CA>> Desktop is some encouragement that it will at least look
CA>> good if nothing else. 

CA> > ;-) 

WC> SMTP, POP3, Newsgroups and all that's left is telnet and
WC> some multimedia apps. 

Not telnet, ztelnet (the 'z' is significant). :-) 

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WC>> Another favorite is "Catch 22", the book not the movie. 

CA>> Enjoyed the movie, never read the book. :-) 

WC> Book explains bits glossed over in the movie. Bob Newhart
WC> was great and Orson Wells played the general. The scene
WC> with the briefing and lass stroking her leg was worth the
WC> price of the movie :-) I doubled over laughing when Wells
WC> said take him out and shoot him! 

The part where the old man in the brothel explains that he is a
'survivor' who will support any government that is in control
just to survive made a lasting impression on me. I recall a
quote "There are no heros here, they are all dead, we are just
soldiers". Somewhat similar. 

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