dual booting XP and Linux

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 19:38 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > Washington, CJ (OCTO) 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*?
> 
> > Millions of people are using to grub to boot Linux and/or Windows.
> > It works perfectly well.
> 
> I never said otherwise.
> 
> [rest of crap cut]
> 
> I have a machine which, if one overwrites the MBR, goes into
> "recovery mode" and tries to reinstate WinXP as the boot.
> 
> You don't know *everything* in the world, do you.
> 
> So <insert your own favorite expletive here> off.
> 
> Mike
> -- 
Why are you so violent in your responses. Yoiu took the remarks out of
context.