> Oh really ? you've never managed to put an OS out of commission by trying > to multiboot ? you've never had a so-called install program just reclaim > all of your hard-drive ? > > esp. with Windows where it can be *very* tiresome and difficult to track > all the pieces you need to reinstall (especially with recent OEM stuff > which does not even provide you with any boot media!) > > > I'll put it another way: STOP SCARING NEWCOMERS FROM ASKING LEGITIMATE > QUESTIONS! > > If it's in the faq, and easy to find, then *FINE*, flame away. > > But if it's not, SHUT THE FUCK UP, or go improve the faq. > > I want to be able to keep skimming over misc@ and figure out > difficulties newcomers will have because our > faq/manpages/cross-reference system is not 100% foolproof. > > You guys who say windows 8.1 is easy are *all welcome* to write > the necessary information for the FAQ. > > Dealing with: > - UDFI and legacy mode > - UPT > - correct boots > - other gotcha besides the "windows by default switches to gfx mode". > > I see about ZIP about all that in the current FAQ.
Marc has a really good point here. Please stop this pointless debate and instead spend your time contributing to our documentation or helping in other ways.
