If it borked it badly enough though, the BIOS wouldn't be able to boot from it though, so it must be "correct" to some extent
If it borked it badly enough though, the BIOS wouldn't be able to boot from it though, so it must be "correct" to some extent
It automatically overwrites whatever's in your MBR without even asking you and replaces it with something that only boots Windoze, so I think b0rk is a good term for it.
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One thing that may seem small, but actually made me ditch Linux, was what kind of modem you use. If you're going on a broadband line, or you're on a network, you should be fine - but if you're on dial-up, make sure you have the right kind of modem. If you get a Winmodem, which is what you'll likely want to get as they're much cheaper, make sure that there are hacks available for it to make it work on Linux. Unless in the nine months since I last used it, some developers figured out a way around it.
But it's only something to think about if you're on dial-up.
I'm amused by the word "b0rk" being posted by Unne. Or any scatological reference, for that matter.
Windows XP on hard drive A, Linux Gentoo on hard drive B, installed in that order, and it seems like I'll have a pretty nice setup. Once I install both OS, it shouldn't be too hard at all to make the Linux hard drive the one that boots first by default. My Linux drive will be devoted to everything utilitarian and functional, like word processors, internet browsing and such, and my Windows drive will be pretty much PC games only. I'm only bothering with Windows at all because I have enough PC games that I can't live without.
Knock yourselves down.
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