On 02/23/06 05:00 pm Paul L Schmidt wrote: > I've had several dual-boot systems at work (my system at home is > Linux-only), and never messed up an MBR. Back in the days of the > LILO loader, I messed up a few installations from time to time, > but it wasn't from dual-booting, and it wasn't too bad to fix > (just booted from a floppy). The Grub loader is much nicer and > nearly foolproof (if you mess up the config file, you can use it > in command mode!). > > The only advice I'd have for multi-booters is to have utilities on > all operating systems to read the filesystems from the others. If > you don't, Murphy guarantees whatever file you want will be in the > filesystem of the other OS.
I don't recall that Linux has ever messed up my MBR. My major complaint about installing Linux is the cryptic designation of partitions (hda1, hdb3, etc.), bearing no resemblance to what they were actually named, thus making it difficult to be sure that one is installing Linux to the intended partition. I would never again install Linux without having a verified backup of the whole system from which I can restore anything that Linux tramples on. Alan NV8A Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
