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   legg to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co   
   Re: GParted MSDOS XP Quantian   
   23 Jan 23 08:14:03   
   
   From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 20:16:51 -0000 (UTC),   
   vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
      
   >Sorry to post here, but this group is the smartest.   
   >   
   >I used to have a triple boot PC with MSDOS XP and Quantian and am trying to   
   >replicat eon a Dell Vostro. Managed to kill win7 by moving it to put MSDOS up   
   >front.   
   >   
   >Anyone have any tips about this?   
   >   
   >Where to put MSDOS (1024 cylinder, zero sector requirement)?   
   >   
   >Are the Archive.org XP good? Some don't have a setup key.   
   >Or did I fail to notice?   
   >   
   >Quantian runs into filesystem location. Tried home=/dev/sda1/knoppix.img   
      
   Install order for MS OSs is pretty rigid.   
      
   Oldest first.   
      
   Linux last.   
      
   Good chance that fooling with partitions at any time will   
   dust MS.   
      
   Used to have?   
      
   RL   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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