On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:45:21 -0400, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:51:28 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Vista SP1 won't install on dual-boot systems: Microsoft
>>
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>>| If you’re dualbooting Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate alongside a
>>Linux | distro, and have installed the Linux bootloader into the MBR,
>>then you’re | guaranteed to run into problems when installing Vista
>>Service Pack 1, | Microsoft has admitted.
>> `----
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>> http://apcmag.com/
vista_sp1_wont_install_on_dualboot_systems_microsoft.htm
>
> Once again, you lie about the articles you quote. Your headline
> "Microsoft Sabotages MBR (GNU/Linux) with Windows Update" is saying that
> Microsoft replaces the MBR, but that's false. It doesn't, and the
> article explicitly says that.
>
> There's a simple way to boot Linux with Vista, though. Use the Vista
> bootloader to boot Linux. It's not difficult to setup, there are a
> number of howto's out there and a few programs to do it for you, such as
> EasyBCD.
Why should you have to do that when there is perfectly good boot loader
already installed?
>
> If Microsoft really wanted to disable Grub or Lilo, why would they limit
> this update to only Enterprise and Ultimate? Why wouldn't they replace
> the MBR like your headline claims?
>
> No, you simply want to lie about Microsoft.
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Rick
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