On Wednesday 01 June 2016 00:15:20 Felix Miata wrote: > Lisi Reisz composed on 2016-05-31 18:06 (UTC+0100): > > ...I have just kyboshed the computer I have attached > > to the television by trying Ubuntu MATE 16.04 as a dual boot. I am > > mentally working out the best way at least to make it take a very back > > seat, before I wipe the lot in frustration. And Debian Jessie was just > > working nicely. > > Just what constituted the kyboshing? Neither boots?
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!!). Since seeing the screen is difficult, and I watch television only when I am tired, this is tedious in the extreme, and it was working beautifully, all but Channel 4 replays, before I gave Ubuntu a chance. I thought that dual booting couldn't do any harm. I had forgotten Ubuntu's ability to do harm when in my hands. What was that Stephen said about guns and feet. ;-) Lisi
