Re: buntu kybosh
On Wednesday 01 June 2016 01:31:26 Felix Miata wrote:
> > The word was a little stronger than is totally justified. This is
> > attached to a television. I want to just turn it on. Ubuntu boots but
> > is unusable, so I have to hover over it, grab GRUB and get into Debian,
> > because Ubuntu has kyboshed (=destroyed) Debian's GRUB (of course!!).
>
> That's what *every* Linux installer will do if you do nothing to stop it,
> just like Windows will do unconditionally when it doesn't find compatible
> MBR code already installed. Had you installed Buntu first, then Debian
> after, Debian's installer would have usurped Buntu's Grub.
That is why I said "of course". And that is why I said *I* kyboshed it and
not *Ubuntu* kyboshed it.
To be fair to myself, I did not expect Ubuntu to be completely unusable.
Lisi
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