[Preston] Re: Preston Digest, Vol 131, Issue 1

[Eion MacDonald]

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>    1. Meeting tomorrow (Tues) 6th Nov (Guy Heatley)
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> Hello Folks,
> Its that 1st Tuesday of the month again and as usual I'm trying to
> think of a topic at the last minute. So lets have a meeting about ...
> bootloaders!
> Yep, Grub and Lilo  are always a good laugh, so lets consider:
> a) How a bootloader works.
> b) The difference between Grub and Lilo
> c) Dual booting different OS's
> d) Lesser known features of these programs.
> Waddya think?
> 
> 7:30pm at room CM018 in the C&T building (opp Student Union), Tuesday evening.
> Drinks afterwards at the Greyfriar Pub, Friargate about 9pm. Come to
> either or both parts.
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> Cheers!


Dear folks,
20071105
I will not be at meeting, however could you discuss:

Problems on updating say Ubuntu or SuSE when dual or triple  booted
with Windows.

I triple boot (other users use windows) and it is set to 'default'
boot in menu.lst

However if Ubuntu updates (good updater) and changes kernel, then  it
tries to do one of two things automatically:
reset Ubuntu to default, re set Grub and partition table.
Result no boot possible.  (SuSE  does same).

I know now how to fix with Knoppix live disc, but this makes such
systems  'unreal' and 'horrible' to those who lose Windows and so they
do not  have  faith in changing the soft way by dual booting and learning.
This is not so bad if Linux is only system on machine, then Ubuntu
upgrade is good, but first we have to get folks into Linux.

Any thoughts out of meeting would be appreciated...

Regards
Eion MacDonald