disk partitioning problem (ignore the first e-mail I did not mean to send that one)

[Jim Cornette]

Jeff Vian wrote:

>On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 20:04 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
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>>Jeff Vian wrote:
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>>>On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 18:56 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
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>>>>I stand by my recommendations. First get a system which can boot
>>>>WinXP, and can boot Linux using GRUB on a floppy. Then install the
>>>>GRUB on the boot sector of the intended boot disc, and let the
>>>>XP boot manager manage the boot. When that works, if one is
>>>>adventurous enough, one can try saving the MBR to a file on a floppy,
>>>>and try installing GRUB (or whatever) into the MBR. It won't work
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>>>>from there on my machine. If GRUB won't work from there, then the MBR
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>>>>can be replaced.
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>>>All of us have different hardware. Some hardware is picky and has to be
>>>treated with kid gloves and babied.  Most is very standard and "just
>>>works".
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>>I think the use of the term FsCKED UP DISINFORMATION was extreme.
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>I have never used that term,  Read my post again.
>FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) hardly has the meaning you are
>attributing to it (in most circles at least).  FUD has been around as an
>acronym for a LONG time with the meaning I use -- more than ten years
>IIRC.  I believe it was originally attributed to the way M$ spread doubt
>about Linux many years ago, with the intent of keeping users on a system
>they already knew and were familiar with and discouraging competition.
>(Are you familiar with the anti-trust lawsuit.) It may have been
>bastardized to your meaning, but yours is not the original, and
>certainly not what I said.
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What anti-trust suit?  It was only a lawyer parade where the outcome was 
pre-determined and was only to give the illusion that something was 
being done to break up unfair Monopolies. I fell for it until the later 
part of the show. A lot of people became rich and nothing changed for 
the better.

Jim

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