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

["Michael Holmes" <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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 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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