F
Frank
Flightless Bird
On 6/15/2010 9:04 AM, Alias wrote:
> J. D. wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:498 -0600, Canuck57<Canuck57@nospam.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/06/2010 6:50 AM, Schweik wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:06:23 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
>>>> <no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think its a matter of different O/S's not understanding each others
>>>>> action.
>>>>> You don't say which O/S was giving those error messages.???
>>>>> Sounds like Windows.
>>>>> You tested the Disc very thoroughly with no problems found.. I say
>>>>> it OK.
>>>>> (\__/)
>>>>> (='.'
>>>>> (")_(") mouse
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Windows says nothing. It was the Fedora 13 system that complained
>>>> after I wiped the Linux partitions and re-installed Fedora 13. the
>>>> Fedora 12 installation had not made a murmur.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, Windows runs in a Windows partition and Linux runs in the
>>>> Linux partitions and neither normally has access to the others area.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Schweik
>>>> (goodsoldierschweikatgmail)
>>>
>>> So which boot loader were you using? MS Windows or Grub?
>>>
>>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/10/html/Installation_Guide/ch-bootloader.html
>>>
>>
>>
>> Well, as I believe I wrote, There are two systems on the disk. Windows
>> 7 and Linux.... Now, since there would be very little logic in having
>> two systems on the same disk if they were not both bootable what do
>> you think I'm using to boot with? The Windows boot system that will
>> only boot to Windows? Or maybe something else?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John D. Slocomb
>> (jdslocombatgmail)
>
> I use the BIOS. With my ASUS MB, all I have to do is hit F8 and then
> choose which hard drive I would like to boot to. I have two hard drives
> with Windows on one and Ubuntu on the other. When Ubuntu has a kernel or
> Grub update, I power down and disconnect the Windows drive before
> updating so that it doesn't write anything to the Windows drive.
>
What a total waste of time.
> J. D. wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:498 -0600, Canuck57<Canuck57@nospam.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/06/2010 6:50 AM, Schweik wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:06:23 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
>>>> <no-spam@never.spam> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think its a matter of different O/S's not understanding each others
>>>>> action.
>>>>> You don't say which O/S was giving those error messages.???
>>>>> Sounds like Windows.
>>>>> You tested the Disc very thoroughly with no problems found.. I say
>>>>> it OK.
>>>>> (\__/)
>>>>> (='.'
>>>>> (")_(") mouse
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Windows says nothing. It was the Fedora 13 system that complained
>>>> after I wiped the Linux partitions and re-installed Fedora 13. the
>>>> Fedora 12 installation had not made a murmur.
>>>>
>>>> Besides, Windows runs in a Windows partition and Linux runs in the
>>>> Linux partitions and neither normally has access to the others area.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Schweik
>>>> (goodsoldierschweikatgmail)
>>>
>>> So which boot loader were you using? MS Windows or Grub?
>>>
>>> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/10/html/Installation_Guide/ch-bootloader.html
>>>
>>
>>
>> Well, as I believe I wrote, There are two systems on the disk. Windows
>> 7 and Linux.... Now, since there would be very little logic in having
>> two systems on the same disk if they were not both bootable what do
>> you think I'm using to boot with? The Windows boot system that will
>> only boot to Windows? Or maybe something else?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John D. Slocomb
>> (jdslocombatgmail)
>
> I use the BIOS. With my ASUS MB, all I have to do is hit F8 and then
> choose which hard drive I would like to boot to. I have two hard drives
> with Windows on one and Ubuntu on the other. When Ubuntu has a kernel or
> Grub update, I power down and disconnect the Windows drive before
> updating so that it doesn't write anything to the Windows drive.
>
What a total waste of time.