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[fjr at marsdome.penguinpowered.com (Frank Ramsay)]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> > I've got a friend asking me to install Linux on his laptop.  He wants it dual
> > boot, but doesn't like the idea of a bootloader.
> 
> I once new a man who refused to use microwaves because he "didn't like what
> they did to the food."  To which I replied, "what, cook it?".
> 
> This strikes me as being in the same category.  Your friend will lose
> *nothing* by using a bootloader.  All he's doing he demonstrating an odd
> case of technophobia.
[snip]
> But if you insist on pursuing this course of action...
[snip]

Yea, but it's easier to just do it this way than try to convince him otherwise.
It's taken me 2 years to get him even to look at Linux... really stubborn.
[snip]

> For a re-introduction to DOS batch files, check out:
> 
>   http://www.maem.umr.edu/~batch/batchtoc.htm
> 
> Which ought to have enough to get you going.

thanks.

			-fjr

-- 
Frank J. Ramsay
fjr at marsdome.penguinpowered.com

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