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- From: Spencer Ogden <spencero AT mail.utexas.edu>
- To: SM-Discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO
- Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:58:03 -0600
I'm sure it is small, but it seems like more of a rescue tool than
something that is needed during installation.
Spencer
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 04:06 am, Ladislav Hagara wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> yesterday I found on freshmeat handy tool named ms-sys.
> Immediately I created a spell and submitted it to bugzilla.
> Thanks to Eric Sandall we have it on devel grimoire already.
>
> I think, it should be on install ISO too.
> I very often have to remove lilo from MBR on several computers in
> classroom and usually use MS DOS floppy for it (after linux is
> destroyed).
> I would like to use SMGL ISTALL/REPAIR ISO for this.
>
> I know, we want to have our ISO as small as possible.
> Should it be useful to have ms-sys on ISO for you ?
> For me surely.
>
> - lace -
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>
> root@sourcemage:~# gaze what ms-sys
> This is a Linux program for writing Microsoft compatible boot records.
> The program does the same as Microsoft "fdisk /mbr" to a hard disk or
> "sys d:"
> to a floppy or FAT32 partition except that it does not copy any system
> files, only the boot record is written.
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Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO,
Spencer Ogden, 02/25/2003
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Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO,
Ladislav Hagara, 02/25/2003
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO, Spencer Ogden, 02/25/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO,
Adam Clark, 02/25/2003
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- Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO, Eric Schabell, 02/26/2003
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Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO,
Ladislav Hagara, 02/25/2003
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Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO,
Seth Woolley, 02/26/2003
- [SM-Discuss] PPC ISO, David Pradier, 02/26/2003
- Re: [SM-Discuss] ms-sys to the ISO, Seth Woolley, 02/26/2003
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