Mystery of chroot

David Boles dgboles at gmail.com
Sun Jul 22 20:06:23 UTC 2007


on 7/22/2007 12:46 PM, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2007/07/22 11:28 (GMT-0500) Mikkel L. Ellertson apparently typed:
> 
>> One other thing to keep in mind is that it is better to create the
>> first partition using Windows. Windows and Linux do not always agree
>> on the geometry of the drive. If you create a partition using
>> Windows, then Linux fdisk will see the geometry that Windows is
>> using and use it.
> 
> Doz needs reinstalling far more often than Linux, so better to understand
> how to make the problem of installing doz after Linux a non-issue. If you
> use a cross-platform partitioning tool, geometry differences according to
> what's booted shouldn't be an issue.
> http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/install-doz-after.html


Doz? Windows or misspelled Dos?

As for Windows "needs reinstalling far more often than Linux"? Maybe for
some. I installed XP PRO in early 2002, it is needed for work, and the
only time I have had to reinstall was last spring when my hard drive
failed and I replaced it. I would not say two times in six years is often.

-- 

  David

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