[techtalk] windoze-based distros

[Beverly Guillermo]

Are you just interested in using the tools or do you want to actually be
able to run linux on top of NT?  If you're just looking for tools, try
running cygwin.  Do a search on freshmeat or I think Redhat is hosting the
site for it.

Beverly


On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Nicoya wrote:

> Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.  Unfortunately I have to run NT 4.0
> and am not in a position to go reformatting /partitioning, etc for a
> 'traditional' distro, so VMware doesn't seem appropriate.
> 
> I thought Phatlinux might work, but that's only good for win95 and 98.
> WinLinux2000 (winlinux2000.com) does not explicitly say it will or won't
> work with NT, so I gave it a shot, but so far I've not had a great deal of
> luck with getting it to boot properly.  Really, I'm just taking comfort in
> the fact that I can do whatever the hell I want with my home machine!
> 
> ~~~Nicoya...
> 
> 
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