Mystery of chroot

[Richard England]

David Boles wrote:
> on 7/22/2007 12:46 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
>   
>> On 2007/07/22 11:28 (GMT-0500) Mikkel L. Ellertson apparently typed:
>>
>>     
>>> One other thing to keep in mind is that it is better to create the
>>> first partition using Windows. Windows and Linux do not always agree
>>> on the geometry of the drive. If you create a partition using
>>> Windows, then Linux fdisk will see the geometry that Windows is
>>> using and use it.
>>>       
>> Doz needs reinstalling far more often than Linux, so better to understand
>> how to make the problem of installing doz after Linux a non-issue. If you
>> use a cross-platform partitioning tool, geometry differences according to
>> what's booted shouldn't be an issue.
>> http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/install-doz-after.html
>>     
>
>
> Doz? Windows or misspelled Dos?
>
> As for Windows "needs reinstalling far more often than Linux"? Maybe for
> some. I installed XP PRO in early 2002, it is needed for work, and the
> only time I have had to reinstall was last spring when my hard drive
> failed and I replaced it. I would not say two times in six years is often.
>
>   

Some individuals, and I've heard, some IT organizations, back up user 
data and reinstall Windows as part of either regular maintenance or as 
part of "trouble shooting".  The IT orgs were "ghosting" a standard 
setup for all PCs, IIRC.

~~R