The Linux ``Linux-DOS-Win95-OS2'' mini-HOWTO

Mike Harlan, r3mdh at raex.com

Disclaimer:

Any damages inflicted on any machine by you as a result of your reading of this HOWTO is still YOUR FAULT. When you read about deleting partitions and formatting disks, be smart. Realize that doing any of the above will result in loss of data. So, BACKUP SOON, BACKUP OFTEN. This is your second-to-the-last warning.

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Updates from v1.3:

• Updated my e-mail address. My address has changed from r3mdh at imperium.net to r3mdh at raex.com.

Updates from v1.0:

• Updated my e-mail address. My address has changed from r3mdh at dax.cc.uakron.edu to r3mdh at imperium.net.

Now...........on with the show!

1. Introduction

2. The Procedure