RD Lawrence wrote:

>Thanks for the heads up regarding a free version of DOS.   We stupidly threw away
>our DOS diskettes years ago, iin 1984 if memory serves, after convincing ourselves
>that DOS was totally unnecessary in a good unix working environment.  :-)    We
>never realized that we would eventually find ourselves grappling with a unix-like
>bootloader with an inherent weakness that would force us to temporarily revert
>back to this ancient OS. :-)
>
>Ironically, I will probably go back to recommending Lilo in the future
>unless/until this problem is resolved *without* using other OSes.  Lilo may be a
>poorer choice in many respects but its designers do understand that a user might
>wish to stop using it under some circumstances.
>

well, why not install lilo then remove it again (or does it put back 
what was there before?)



-- 
Iain Rae                        Tel:01316505202
Computing Officer               JCMB:2148
Division of Informatics
The University of Edinburgh




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