dual booting XP and Linux

[Timothy Murphy]

Mike McCarty wrote:

>>>I found it easier to let the WinXP boot manager chain load GRUB
>>>than the other way 'round. MicroSoft products like to be in
>>>charge. While GRUB+Linux is not a good match, it is a reasonable
>>>match, and works pretty well, whereas GRUB+WinXP is a poor match,
>>>and the WinXP boot manager is a pretty reasonable tool.

>> That's nonsense.
> 
> How can *you* know better than *I* what was easier
> for *me*?

You made a general assertion that "Grub+Linux is not a good match"
(what on earth does that mean?),
and that "Grub+WinXP is a poor match".

These are not simply statements about what was easier for you.
They are general propositions which you presumably believe to be true.

They are not true.



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