I am begining to resent the way you address me. I may lack knowlege of exactly where and how Linux places its bootloader and that is what I pointed out was happening. I had hoped to find out and you have supplied a link where it is clear. Thank you for that. I do off course know what the MBR is and does.
On 10/12/06, Robert C Wittig < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian Betts wrote: > > Well I am now asking why one person can use MBR as an explanation and I > am > > told not to do so? > > > > I think that your problem is that you do not yet have enough knowledge > about the Master Boot Record of a hard drive, and how it is used on the > primary hard drive, and what a bootloader, when installed on the MBR (or > on a floppy disk, or wherever you actually choose to install it)... > actually does. > > This lack of knowledge (aka ignorance [not the same as stupidity]) is > possibly causing you to misinterpret what you are reading, and/or to not > be able to recognise the difference in quality, of what people are > telling you, from one person to the next. > > Check out: > > http://www.kevinboone.com/PF_boot.html > > ...and whatever other documents a Google search for 'understanding mbr > bootloader' brings up. > > Once you understand the process, you will then have a better handle on > your choices, and be better able to interpret what people on-list are > telling you. > > > -- > -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ > . http://robertwittig.net/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > -- Ian If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Moshe Dayan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
