On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:48:10AM -0400, paulmars wrote: > Im emailed a bug report. I got no response. I been trying to > convince myself to try again, but I have doubts. I dont want to > loose my XP install again. I need dual boot and i also need a > recovery option if Debian fails again, like last time. Last time > grub got messed up and I needed to reinstall xp. That is not fun.
If all that happened was grub getting messed up, you could likely have been able to recover by using an xp install cd, or I seem to recall xp can create a recovery cd, but I can't recall that for sure. Alternatively, the debian installation guide describes how to boot into rescue mode. You could also likely have done that, and fixed grub from there. Anyway, why not try out debian in a virtual machine such as VirtualBox: <http://www.virtualbox.org> Then once you're comfortable with debian and you want to dump windows, you can install on bare hardware. HTH. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130921060626.ga27...@gregn.net
