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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Good GOD, I'm ****ed!
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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:09:52 GMT
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>> On 30 Apr 1997 00:36:43 GMT, mheath@netspace.net.au (Mark Heath) said:
MH> : Perhaps Windows 95 has some sort of "auto MBR migration" feature in
MH> : which it explicitly copies such date over without asking you, but I
MH> : seriously doubt it. Even the boys in Redmond rarely screw the pooch
MH> : with that much enthusiasm.
MH> I wouldn't be too sure. I was Installing 95 on my home
MH> machine which already had linux on it and LILO on the MBR and
MH> LILO silently dissapeared without a prompt or a dialog from
MH> the Gates.
This is something different (and a known problem): Win95 silently
rewrites the MBR, thus you loose LILO or other bootmanagers.
(WinNT does not, though).
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