Andrew Smith wrote:
Hi
Aloha,
I have Linux installed on hda4 and all my other partitions (hda1, hda2, hda3, hdb1, hdb2 & hdb3) are FAT32. Is there any way of being able to run Linux from under windows.
If Operating Systems were likened to motor vehicles, your question is akin to asking if a VW Beetle can pull a semi-trailer. It doesn't have the right equipment and not enough power. Windows 95/98 are too primitive to run Linux/Unix applications. The underlying assumption made by the programmers is that the program will run under Linux or Unix, and Windows95 does not support the functions necessary. The effort involved to write an emulator would probably match that to write the Linux kernel in the first place. So why would someone waste their time writing an emulator that would run much slower than the real thing?
I have seen several X-servers which can run Linux apps if Linux is already running on another computer on a network, but I can't find any which allow the user to use Linux from another partition.
This is because X is modular, and the pieces can exist on separate computers. Provided there is a network between them, they can still communicate and function as one. You still need the X server and X clients to run, which, of course, requires X.
I have win95, so vmware is not an option.
I'd be grateful for any assistance,
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