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

["Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At work, our network administrator really hates M$ M.E.  (Must Erase)  He
says half the hardware will not work with it.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Peck" <apeck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:35 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Has anybody fought M$ --ME for control to install
linux dual boot?


> When I hear of stuff like this only one word comes to mind...   FORMAT!
>
> being destructive is so much fun sometimes.
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, you 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
> > >
> >
> > I heard that it will not only not exist with linload (no dos mode), but
it
> > will not exist with LILO. The reason is that it thinks (according to
what
> > this person said M$ said) that the mbr is "damaged", and overwrites it.
I
> > think they had more sinister objectives (eg. no more dual booting), but
LILO,
> > linload, etc WILL NOT dual boot with Linux on the same drive. Another
case of
> > M$ anti-competitive actions.
> >
> > James L.
> >
> > ps. the floppy should work.
> >
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