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to: PASCAL SCHMIDT
from: CHARLES ANGELICH
date: 2003-12-03 16:55:00
subject: Re: KNOPPIX

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Hello Pascal - 

CA>> Also interesting that KNOPPIX appears to be booting from
CA>> good ole 'useless' DOS. LOL 

PS> That would surprise me. A "good ole" FAT filesystem floppy
PS> image may be involved, but I don't think there will be any
PS> DOS stuff/code on it. 

My assumption is based on the sudden appearance of a dosbox
when I insert the KNOPPIX CD into a running W2K system. I may
be mistaken but it seems one of the autoboot systems for CDs is
based on DOS to some degree? 

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