[aclug-L] Re: Has anybody fought M$ --ME for control to install linux dual boot?

["Carl B. Davis" <cdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings,

I am a lurker on this list, but came across the following in the print version 
of InfoWorld.   It may be of interest in that it describes how to get back to 
Dos in Windows ME.

http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/00/10/16/001016oplivingston.xml

Carl


james l wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> > I just bought a new HP pav and It came with a ton of software and ME 
> > preinstalled.  I tried my typical of fips'n the hard drive and sliding 
> > linux right in beside it. AS soon as stuff starts, ME bust in and stops 
> > stuff!  From me, I cannot go to dos real mode, as it is no longer allowed.  
> > It seems as though microsoft has designed this program to counter dual boot 
> > systems and it is annoying me.  I am thinking of putting in an old 2gig 
> > hard drive and booting off of a diskette to the other drive!
> >
> > Michael
> >
>


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