XP/Ubuntu dual-boot

[jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org]

>> Microsoft designs their operating system installation software to check
>> for operating systems from competitors, and will refuse to proceed with
>> the installtion process until you authorize it to erase the competitor's
>> operating system.
>
>
> Your kidding right? The only problem i've ever had with installing
> Microsoft second was  it erasing over my bootloader,
> which I fixed by booting from a live cd and ran grub to reinitialize
> it....
>
> Is this new for vista?
> --


No, it's so old that it seems to no longer be true.

They must have mellowed in their old age.

This is how they killed IBM's OS/2 operating system.


J. E. McIntosh
<jemcinto-cpI+UMyWUv+w5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org>
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