I think Bill may have posted from a non-existent address, as the post to vox-tech got auto-discarded, and I sent him a note, it bounced. :)
Anyway, here's Bill Wells' post in the "Windows Question for Relative" thread: Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:43:10 -0700 From: Bill Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [vox-tech] [OT] Windows Question for Relative To: "lugod's technical discussion forum" <[email protected]> On Wednesday 11 May 2005 09:41, Bill Kendrick wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 08:51:08AM -0700, Bob Scofield wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 May 2005 22:06, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > > > > Sorry. I guess I'm too tired to even recognize file names. > > Well, out of context, simply saying "/foo/bar" to someone who might not be > intimately familiar with the Kernel's new "foo" virtual filesystem, doesn't > really explain to them what it is or does or how to 'use' it. Could be an > executable script, could be a directory, could be a binary file you need to > run through some magic program/viewer. In this case, it just happened to > be a text file you run through the not-so-magic "cat" (or "less" or "more", > or you could even "vi" or "kate" it... whatever floats yer boat!) > > And, of course, fortunately this file is readable w/o root permissions, > so that similifies things. But again, who's to know w/o being told, or > knowing in advance. > > > <snip> > > > Here's one final question. As part of my missionary work I'm taking my > > SuSE CD's. But it just dawned on me that while I have set up dual boot > > systems several times in the past, it has always been with Windows 98. > > Are there any special difficulties in setting up a dual boot with XP? > > Yes, but I've never done ANY kind of dual boot, so I don't know I just did a Slackware/XP install, twice :^). First time for practice, second time, I hope for real. I put Xp on first, then installed Slackware 10.1 and chose the option to put the boot info in the MBR (not recommended) ; works like a charm. > specifically. Something to do with MBR (master boot record) or some-such. > I'm sure someone else has already responded. ;) If not, maybe search > vox-tech archives or Google for it. > > Good luck! > Bill Wells > -bill! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://newbreedsoftware.com/ > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- -bill! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://newbreedsoftware.com/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
