-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
How can people blame on GRUB if Windows doesn't like another bootloader?
,----[ Quote ]
| In my opinion, it's something as simple as
| old Microsoft's motto in action: "It's the
| Microsoft way or the highway". The update
| process is taking a look at the MBR and
| notices that's it's not Windows'
| bootloader. "Who in their right mind would
| dare install something on the MBR that's
| not made by Microsoft?" I bet they think
| there at Redmond. End of the game, let's
| stop the update process... _and_
| (specially) not tell the user what's going
| on. It wouldn't be as insulting if at least
| they would suggest the user to replace the
| MBR with Microsoft's tools. You know, it
| can be replaced with GRUB a couple of
| minutes later after shutting Windows down
| after the upgrade process is done... but
| what do we expect from a OS that was made
| to resemble black magic, anyway?
|
| As I have already said before:
| Windows equals esotericism
| GNU/Linux equals determinism
`----
http://maratux.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-can-people-blame-on-grub-if-windows.html
Windows Update Does Not Like GRUB
,----[ Quote ]
| I recently received a set of Win7 upgrade
| disks for the HP Pavillion, and decided to
| install them before passing that machine
| on. The compatibility check and preparation
| procedure from the first disk ran just
| fine, then it rebooted and told me to
| insert the Win7 disk. When I did that, it
| started running "setup copying files"...
| and then announced that it had run into an
| unexpected error, and couldn't continue.
| Grrrr. It's not possible that even
| Microsoft is this stupid, that a Win7
| upgrade on an essentially untouched Windows
| installation doesn't work. So what could be
| the problem? I finally realized that the
| only thing that had changed was the
| bootloader. So I restored that, ran the
| Win7 upgrade again, and this time it
| worked! That reminded me of the previous
| SP2 problem, so I went to the N10J,
| restored the Windows bootloader, ran
| Windows Update, and it installed SP2
| successfully this time!
|
| So, a warning. If you are multi-booting
| Windows and Linux, and using GRUB, don't be
| surprised if Windows Update starts failing
| on you. The simple solution is to keep a
| copy of the MBR, both the Windows and Linux
| version, which you can put in place as
| needed.
`----
http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014915o-2000498448b,00.htm
Recent:
Vista SP1 won't install on dual-boot systems: Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| If youâre dualbooting Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate alongside a Linux
| distro, and have installed the Linux bootloader into the MBR, then youâre
| guaranteed to run into problems when installing Vista Service Pack 1,
| Microsoft has admitted.
`----
http://apcmag.com/vista_sp1_wont_install_on_dualboot_systems_microsoft.htm
Related:
Geek in Paradise - Vista Upgrade
,----[ Quote ]
| As the HP Advisor disc was in the process of finishing, the machine
| froze solid. After giving it 5 minutes of no disk activity, I reset
| the machine to be greeted by a lovely blinking cursor. I put the
| Vista disc in and booted into a repair installation, where I ran the
| Repair tool. My hunch was proved correct when it returned a corrupted
| MBR, which it had fixed. Thinking all was well, I rebooted to be
| greeted with a black screen (no blinking cursor). Well, there's
| something more going on so I rebooted into the repair tool and let
| it do it's thing. This time, it found a Corrupted Partition table
| which it then said it repaired. Awesome! Next reboot was greeted by
| the same black screen, so I figured the other partition was corrupt
| as well and let the repair tool run again and fix the partition
| table again. Reboot, same thing...
`----
http://geekinparadise.com/2007/04/05/vista-upgrade/
Vista scoots to new boot, but it's still kinda rooted
,----[ Quote ]
| While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows
| has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesn?t cut much
| mustard with many of its users.
|
| Why settle for one OS when your PC is easily capable of running two or
| more?
|
| [...]
|
| One of the more questionable tactics that Microsoft has implemented in
| Vista is to automatically overwrite any existing MBR during the
| installation process without asking if you mind or giving you an option
| to back up.
|
| Microsoft says that the Windows installation system can't intelligently
| interrogate an existing non-MS MBR, although such features are quite
| common in the install routine for other OSes.
|
| It also argues that an "official" Vista MBR is required for security
| features -- such as measured boot, which works with Trusted Platform
| Module (TPM)-enabled chips to check that the OS hasn't been hacked or
| altered each time it boots -- to work correctly.
`----
http://www.apcstart.com/site/akidman/2006/09/1656/vista-scoots-to-new-boot-but-its-still-kinda-rooted
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAktZ8ukACgkQU4xAY3RXLo4ZdQCgpeZ6t+ZNKpuMf/r/xf+Qgw8s
DHUAn1bOjS9cXODX/aOMnMzx5qXO7EkS
=mS/1
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
