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

["Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [aclug-L] Re: Has anybody fought M$ --ME for control to install
linux dual boot?


> The floppy does work and the mandrake loves this new computer.  Shame I
lost
> all of my home directory from the hard drive crash on the old computer.  I
> must make a real effort to figure out how to use the hp ide cd burner.  I
> have a few querks. I cannot make the sound drivers work, the screen is an
> inch off to the right, and xvidtune, will not allow any further movement,
as
> it says I am at the limit.  And, I still have not figured out how to make
> the Lucent modem work.  I know that there is a driver to run a lucent win
> modem under linux, but just have not figured out where.  I am getting
ready
> to order win4lin, off of lsl.  I'll let everybody know how it works!
>
> John, thanks for the tip of mandrake 7.0 off of the maximum linux
magazine.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james l" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 9:58 AM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Has anybody fought M$ --ME for control to install
> linux dual boot?
>
>
> > 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 wha
t
> > 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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