System Commander 7 not working - any pure Linux alternatives?

[Rick Stevens]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 15:17, Rick Stevens wrote:
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>>Mark Knecht wrote:
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>>Ohhhhhh!  The SCBSOD!  Lovely!
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> 
> <HEHE!> Well a bit more like the SCBSOUWT... ;-)
> 
> (Unlimited Wait Time)
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>>You know, you can always fire up SC or PC from CD or floppy, so just
>>using grub and keeping the others locked in a drawer (you know, "In case
>>of emergency, open drawer) would simplify things a tad.  Unless, of
>>course, you're the kind of chap that wears a belt AND suspenders...just
>>in case.
> 
> 
> Once SC7 is installed, can you actually run it from a CD instead of the
> version that's in the MBR?
> 
> Hey, cool! It works. I didn't even know this CD was bootable. I do get
> the partitioning screen this way. Maybe there's some life here after
> all!

Well, I'll be hornswoggled!

> I'll say thanks before I try the resize and end up losing the whole
> machine!  ;-) (Nothing on it except Pro Tools which I can reload if
> necessary. I just got it Saturday.

Well, have at it, then!

> No floppy in these silly laptops now! Must go buy a USB floppy drive I
> guess. (At least I haven't found the floppy.....they hide things on
> these machines like those Japanese Transformer toys...) ;-)

Heheheheh!
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