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Sindi Keesan wrote:
> 
> Did you say there was some way to make a 9MB or 
> larger DOS partition, then install linux, then 
> convert most of the DOS partition 

All of the DOS partition.  

> to swap using the linux fdisk after linux is installed?   

If you install lilo and check it is booting OK (without 
using DOS), you can then use fdisk (Linux) to change the 
DOS partition to Linux native.

> Can you run programs from mounted floppy disks, 

Once a device is mounted, it is a normal part of
the filesystem.  Anything within that tree is 
available for reading/writing/executing (given
the usual permission restrictions).

> and if so do you need to modify mstab or anything
> else to do so, or run chroot, or ....?

All you need to do is mount it.  That will automatically
update mtab.  chroot is unnecesary unless you want to use 
the mounted filesystem as the root filesystem (i.e. run
on those libraries and configs).

Cheers,
Steven