I appreciate the differentiation of the kernal from the operating system,
BUT you did NOT
address the problem of why there is NOT any documentation anywhere on the
PLANET EARTH
that instructs or demonstrates HOW in the HECK to get the"Grub" boot loader
off of a SYSTEM!!!!!
Roger Best
----- Original Message -----
From: Free Software Foundation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Roger W. Best <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 7:06 AM
Subject: Re: GRUB!!!!!
> Roger W. Best wrote:
> > I appreciate the effort that went into your Website but it needs a
section
> > that instructs people how to UNINSTALL Grub.
>
> Please send bug reports, enhancements, and enhancement requests for this
> program to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
>
>
> > I reformatted the drive with Linux because of loading errors but now I
> > can't get any type of response from Mandrake and I can't find out how
> > to remove Grub from my system!
>
> BTW, Linux is actually the kernel, not the operating system. The
operating
> system as a whole is basically the GNU system, with Linux added as the
> kernel. The GNU Project is the system's principal developer, but we
> nowadays get very little of the credit.
>
> When people call the operating system just "Linux", that spreads a broadly
> mistaken picture of how the operating system came to be, and it also leads
> to confusion because people have trouble distinguishing between the kernel
> and the whole system.
>
> So how about calling the system GNU/Linux? That way, you can give the
> principal developer a share of the credit. For more explanation, see
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html.
>
> And, if you draw a firm and clear distinction between GNU/Linux (the whole
> system) and Linux (the kernel), as the linux-kernel FAQ does (see
> http://www.tux.org/lkml/index.html#s1-1), you can help other users
> understand the difference between the kernel and the whole system.
>
>
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