On Wed, May 3, 2006 02:03, bill wrote: > If Vista prevents dual booting via software within its installation, > what is to prevent booting linux from a separate hard drive and using > the PC's Bios to determine the drive boot order? > > JUut make the linux drive hda with Grub dual booting Windows from hdb. > My PC is setup to do this now with Kanotix and XP, though I haven't used > XP for some weeks now, since I got my first Trojan, and I've been using > M$ since DOS days. >
OK, now run that past a computing neophyte whom you are trying to convert to Linux and watch their eyes glaze over... If M$ can make booting Linux difficult then you can bet they will, regardless of past anti-trust convictions. IMO this attempt would not be relevant to their past conviction requirements and would result in another 5 years of US, EU, S Korea, Japan, etal, investigations and prosecutions during which M$ will proceed as if nothing has or is going to happen. -- Howard LANNet Computing Associates <http://lannet.com.au> When you want a computer system that works, just choose Linux; When you want a computer system that works, just, choose Microsoft. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
