In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rick
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on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:43:51 -0500
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> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:45:21 -0400, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
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>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:51:28 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Vista SP1 won't install on dual-boot systems: Microsoft
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| 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.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> 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?
On most Vista machines, that would be the Vista bootloader. ;-)
I'll admit to some curiosity as to whether Vista's bootloader,
which I suspect is identical to the old NT/2k/XP bootloader,
will work the same way with GRUB. GRUB has no trouble at all
booting XP.
Not that I plan on getting the Very Irritating, Silly,
and Terminally Asinine product anyway. ;-)
>
>>
>> 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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