-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> Trivially easy!

 CA> Nothing wrong with that, I like trivial and easy. ;-)

 WC> Now to see if I can clean up the mess I've made of
 WC> partitioning the drive to proceed or better yet acquiring a
 WC> new hard drive in January.

 WC> I've come around to your way of thinking as regards to
 WC> keeping Windows and Linux separate.

 CA> I like them on separate machines. ;-)

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

 WC> ITMT I can clear one of the the partitions where my
 WC> configuration data is kept and look into installing an OLR,
 WC> resave and proceed from there when I get the new drive.

 CA> You need the OLR, InfoZip, and a telnet with zmodem
 CA> up/downloading. I use ztelnet with my mini-installs.

Knoppix has telnet and I can already write online.
There's a Linux InfoZip?
I use Pkzip 2.50 in DOS here.

 WC> I sent the How_To on installing Knoppix to hard drive file
 WC> attached to your other e-mail address as HTML

 CA> OK, will take a looksee ...

 CA> OK, the MP3 and HTML are there. Briefly reading the HTML
 CA> "How-To" I noticed the caveat about multi-booting and the
 CA> possibility that you won't be able to boot to Windows if you're
 CA> not careful then the mention that it's too complicated to
 CA> 'discuss' with each user. ;-)

I didn't see LinLoader in there but something about GRUB, something I'll
have to look into.
If Windows get clobbered... oh well .

 CA> I've run across this so very many times that my impression is
 CA> that even attempting dual-booting to Windows and Linux on one
 CA> computer is for those who enjoy reinstalling their OS because
 CA> they have no actual _use_ for the machine once the OS is
 CA> installed. There are many who fall into that category, and
 CA> unfortunately they advise the rest that it is 'easy'. I think
 CA> not. :-\

 Want to bet I lack the patience to wait and go the multiboot route?
 I've done dual boot before and had only one screwup but
 as I'd a zipped copy of the entire C drive on another partition
 it wasn't a problem.

 CA> I also noted this comment: "Please also know that, even though
 CA> Knoppix is based on the Debian distribution, your enquiries in
 CA> #debian may not be welcomed." after recommending using IRC to
 CA> get help. Based on my experiences in IRC you get bashed,
 CA> insulted, and they love to play mind games there. Usenet is
 CA> only slightly better than that. Had the same experiences trying
 CA> to get help with a Slackware mini-install being told it wasn't
 CA> Slackwarish enough or was too old a distribution for anyone to
 CA> 'remember'. Truth is they are kids and never saw an older
 CA> distribution. The one they use now is probably the _only_
 CA> distribution they've ever seen. LOL

Yeah there's a lot of arrogant attitude out there in Linux land.
Fortunately with Knoppix everyone can fast track themselves.

 CA> Linux binaries are updated but their purpose does not change.
 CA> If they used them they know them, if they haven't used them
 CA> they don't 'know' Linux.  Simple.

 CA> The MP3 is well done and funny in a 'dark humor' sort of way.
 CA> I like it. :-)

I'm into dark humor.
One of my all time favorite movies is "Dr. Strangelove."
Another favorite is "Catch 22", the book not the movie.
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