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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.201841.8239@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 20:18:41 GMT
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- In article <BzL0F3.9z0@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
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- | You forgot to mention that it formats the HD in the process. Many people
- | would prefer not to have all their existing work wiped out. I think
- | windows would be a lot less popular if it's install procedure worked
- | like that.
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- Who told you that? I install Dell on machine with an existing DOS
- partition and never have any problem. Actually ODT works that way too.
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- Of course you should avoid selecting the "use entire disk for UNIX"
- option, that does lose your existing work, for sure.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
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