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[itfactor36 <itfactor36 AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 01:03:09 +1100, Philip Rhoades wrote:
>>> I wonder if anyone else is still reading this mail list.
>> Doesn't look like it . .

"Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT ausreg.com> wrote:
> I still read this mail list.
> And I still have working BL distros, but I now mostly use DOS and Slackware 14.2

Another good use-case scenario for keeping around both DOS and working BL distros is to uniquely keep these on really small but NON-DEFECTIVE 20GB or less IDE (EIDE) hdd's that are suprisingly still around. Having a bootable DOS 6.2 on such an hdd is useful for some of those DOS-based flash-BIOS firmware utilities that a few manufacturers keep around for their older motherboards. Having BL distros around on such hdd's is incredibly useful for various system utilities such as repartitioning, wiping data off of, and/or thoroughly scanning other attached hdd's for physically defects.

OTOH, on such older, lower-capacity hdd's with DOS and BL, wouldn't really need to install Slackware 14.2 or even use some small "live"-type distro on them  (e.g., using Tom's Root Boot floppy, Damn Small Linux, Tiny Core Linux...etc.)