[ltp] just a small OT

[Sarunas]

Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Sunday 16 April 2006 08:29, Pino Giaquinto wrote:
> 
>>>How could it be perfect, if it has Windows on it?
>>
>>OK! It isn't perfect... I love linux and I wish to install just it on my
>>notebook but I'm terrorized reading some web pages on linux installation
>>on ThinkPad T43p.
> 
> 
>>Someone say that I cannot write on MBR...
> 
> True.
> If you want the XP recovery system to work you should not write on the MBR.
With MBR overwritten with grub one can still use recovery/rescue
partition to reinstall XP or the entire system as "from the factory".
The only inconvenience is that during the recovery Windows has to be
restarted many times. That means entering root (hd0,0); chainloader +1;
boot quite a few times at the grub prompt. Also it can be fixed with
'fdisk /mbr'.

Sarunas Burdulis