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Re: Some refreshing news



csnyder@linuxfreemail.com writes:

> I thought that everyone could use to hear something a bit refreshing.  I
> upgraded my motherboard and CPU last night (from a Pentium 75 to a
> Celeron 500).  The system is a dual boot system (Debian Linux, and
> Windows 95).  I have been unable to boot into Windows (lots of errors,
> graphics look horrible, and finally kills me with a fatal error), but I
> have had no problems with getting back into Linux!  I will have to
> reinstall Windows to see if I can get it working again (if they had kids
> learning games for Linux I would get rid of Windows entirely, but until
> then I am stuck with it), and after which I will have to mess around with
> a few settings in Linux (sound, and modem).  Just thought that everyone
> would be interested to hear a major success story for Linux.

create a debian boot-disk before you reinstall windows; windows will clear
the MBR (master boot record) during installation.

-- 
Felix Natter



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