Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-29 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 06/29/2012 04:39 AM, Alan Cox wrote: Judging only from that article, it looks as though Microsoft is trying to reinvent the Unity Desktop. Unity is just a bad re-invention of Windowmaker anyway. Windows 8 actually looks more like the Nintendo Wii than anything else I've seen - with the "til

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-29 Thread Alan Cox
> Judging only from that article, it looks as though Microsoft is trying > to reinvent the Unity Desktop. Unity is just a bad re-invention of Windowmaker anyway. Windows 8 actually looks more like the Nintendo Wii than anything else I've seen - with the "tiles" and the fact some tiles update the

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-29 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
now the error message. > > Regards. > > Max. > > Enviado desde mi PC con Windows > 8<http://windows.microsoft.com/consumer-preview> > > *De:* Christopher Svanefalk > *Enviado el:* jueves, 28 de junio de 2012 8:14:01 > *Para:* Community support for Fedora users >

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-29 Thread Joe Zeff
On 06/28/2012 08:55 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: If you think Windows Vista was bad, and Windows 7 sucked, then check this out! And mind you I'm not a "Windows" basher at large, I just feel that they've never really been "about the consumer" but more "about the cash"I understand most corp

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 06/29/2012 12:31 AM, David wrote: On 6/29/2012 12:16 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: On 06/29/2012 12:13 AM, David wrote: On 6/28/2012 11:55 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: If you think Windows Vista was bad, and Windows 7 sucked, then check this out! And mind you I'm not a "Windows" bas

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread David
On 6/29/2012 12:16 AM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: > > On 06/29/2012 12:13 AM, David wrote: >> On 6/28/2012 11:55 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: >>> If you think Windows Vista was bad, and Windows 7 sucked, then check >>> this out! And mind you I'm not a "Windows" basher at large, I just feel >

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 06/29/2012 12:13 AM, David wrote: On 6/28/2012 11:55 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: If you think Windows Vista was bad, and Windows 7 sucked, then check this out! And mind you I'm not a "Windows" basher at large, I just feel that they've never really been "about the consumer" but more "abo

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread David
On 6/28/2012 11:55 PM, Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I wrote: > If you think Windows Vista was bad, and Windows 7 sucked, then check > this out! And mind you I'm not a "Windows" basher at large, I just feel > that they've never really been "about the consumer" but more "about the > cash"I understand most

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 06/28/2012 08:15 AM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: **Cut myself short: I have not tried Windows 7 very much (only really use Windows at all if Wine will not give me a smooth solution), but I do hope they managed to turn the boat on this disaster of an OS. If not, I frankly do not understan

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
If you think Windows Vista was bad, and Windows 7 sucked, then check this out! And mind you I'm not a "Windows" basher at large, I just feel that they've never really been "about the consumer" but more "about the cash"I understand most corporations using it, for it's hardware-wide compatibi

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 06/27/2012 08:00 PM, Roger wrote: Deceptively simple and elegant solution, apply the DWPGA rule. Delete Windows, problem goes away. Solved problems on our computers. R Am 28.06.2012 01:30, schrieb Dave Ihnat: On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:16:28PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: The licens

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Eddie G.O'Connor Jr-I
On 06/27/2012 05:03 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: On 27/06/12 21:12, James Wilkinson wrote: Have you considered installing Windows in a virtual machine, where it can’t do any damage? James. Widows even in a cd sleeve can still do damage. Paper cut, hurts like a bizatch. LoL!good one! EG

RE: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Maximiliano Marín Bustos
after Windows install So last day I got around to installing Vista. The last 12 hours have convinced me that this is arguably the worst operating system ever made, and booting back into F17 was bliss. I have not tried Windows 7 very much (only really use Windows at all if Wine will not give me a

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
**Cut myself short: I have not tried Windows 7 very much (only really use Windows at all if Wine will not give me a smooth solution), but I do hope they managed to turn the boat on this disaster of an OS. If not, I frankly do not understand how they can still entertain a customer base. On Thu, Ju

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-28 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
So last day I got around to installing Vista. The last 12 hours have convinced me that this is arguably the worst operating system ever made, and booting back into F17 was bliss. I have not tried Windows 7 very much (only really use Windows at all if Wine will not give me a smooth solution). Reins

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Roger
Deceptively simple and elegant solution, apply the DWPGA rule. Delete Windows, problem goes away. Solved problems on our computers. R Am 28.06.2012 01:30, schrieb Dave Ihnat: On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:16:28PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: The license does not permit usage in a virtual m

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 28.06.2012 01:30, schrieb Dave Ihnat: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:16:28PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: >> The license does not permit usage in a virtual machine, unfortunately. > > What license? AFAIK, none of the Windows licenses forbid running in a VM. > Most versions of Windows do

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Dave Ihnat
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:16:28PM +0200, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > The license does not permit usage in a virtual machine, unfortunately. What license? AFAIK, none of the Windows licenses forbid running in a VM. Most versions of Windows don't make any provision for it. There was a thing wh

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
The license does not permit usage in a virtual machine, unfortunately. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:03 PM, Frank Murphy wrote: > On 27/06/12 21:12, James Wilkinson wrote: > >> >> Have you considered installing Windows in a virtual machine, where it >> can’t do any damage? >> >> James. >> >> > Wid

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Frank Murphy
On 27/06/12 21:12, James Wilkinson wrote: Have you considered installing Windows in a virtual machine, where it can’t do any damage? James. Widows even in a cd sleeve can still do damage. Paper cut, hurts like a bizatch. -- Regards, Frank "Jack of all, fubars" -- users mailing list users@

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread James Wilkinson
Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > I will have to install Windows on my desktop, which is currently running > Fedora 17. The problem with this is that Windows overwrites the MBR (there > is no way of opting out of this afaik), and hence my grub as well. How can > I reinstall grub after I install window

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Nevermind, found good instructions here: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Installation_Guide/s1-rescuemode-boot.html Thanks anyway! On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Christopher Svanefalk < christopher.svanef...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Joachim, and thanks for the reply. Is this

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Hi Joachim, and thanks for the reply. Is this a scripted process, or something that will have to be done manually? Asking since I am not 100% savvy when it comes to more complicated CLI work. On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Joachim Backes < joachim.bac...@rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote: > On 06/27/2012

Re: Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Joachim Backes
On 06/27/2012 12:00 PM, Christopher Svanefalk wrote: Dear all, I will have to install Windows on my desktop, which is currently running Fedora 17. The problem with this is that Windows overwrites the MBR (there is no way of opting out of this afaik), and hence my grub as well. How can I reinstal

Restoring grub after Windows install

2012-06-27 Thread Christopher Svanefalk
Dear all, I will have to install Windows on my desktop, which is currently running Fedora 17. The problem with this is that Windows overwrites the MBR (there is no way of opting out of this afaik), and hence my grub as well. How can I reinstall grub after I install windows, so that I again can get