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  From: Sulis, Adam <SULISA@tc.gc.ca>
  To  : linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 08:26:36 -0500

RE: Corel Linux & NT

CL doesn't depend on Windows. You don't need any M$ product on the PC at
all. Why not use the boot disk or boot right from CD, then install any other
OS of choice on the remaining space (if needed)?
> Adam J. Sulis, MCP, CNA
> Workstation Management, Technical Support
> Administration des postes de travail, Soutien technique
> Tel: (613) 998 0722
> sulisa@tc.gc.ca
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----------
> From: 	Brian Astill[SMTP:brian.astill@flinders.edu.au]
> Sent: 	Sunday, February 20, 2000 2:18 AM
> To: 	Glen Cunningham
> Cc: 	linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
> Subject: 	Re: Corel Linux & NT
> 
> At 08:07 20/02/00 +1100, Glen Cunningham wrote:
> 
> >At 11:24 PM 2/19/00 +1000, Brian Astill wrote:
> >>Anyone tried installing Corel Linux from WinNT?
> >
> >Not from NT.
> >
> >>Is Corel Linux Win9x-specific?
> >
> >Seems to be.
> 
> That's my impression
> 
> >  Have you tried the floppy boot image (rawrite it from the CD)?
> 
> Yup - AND everything else I could think of <grin>.
> 
> >Corel Linux seems to be aimed at first-time users and the whole distro
> with
> >dead-tree doco may be OK.  After SuSE, it is a bit of a letdown.
> 
> I guess I wanted to confirm this for myself.  Another 'problem' is that if
> CL installation depends on the existence of Windose, the whole object of
> GPL freeware is undermined.
> 
> >Cheers from warm-and-sunny RedRock
> 
> But I DON'T 'like it hot', even though 'Some' do! :-)
> 
> Brian
> 
> Brian Astill,  Visiting Research Fellow
> Flinders University Institute of International Education
> 
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