Re: installing oracle on LINUX SUSE 9.1 book Version

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:02:07 +1000
Message-ID: <opsckbht0k3d8uqx@shostakovich.dizwell.com>

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:31:13 +0100, Norman Dunbar <Norman_at_DELETE_THIS.BountifulSolutions.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> True, but don't try and dual boot it with Windows XP. There's a bug in
> the installer/disk partitioner which screws an XP partition details in
> such a way as to make XP unbootable (shame) in a manner similar to that
> in which Bill Gates had code in Windsows 3.x to cause it to 'error' if
> it detected DrDOS instead of MSDOS.
>
> It's easily fixed and doesn't trash the XP data, only the partition
> table.

From what I've been reading, it's potentially the same for all 2.6-based distros. Mandrake 10 is reported to have the same issue, for example.

I also read that 2.6.6 makes the issue disappear.

But anyway: dual booting is for wimps!!

Regards
HJR Received on Wed Aug 11 2004 - 05:02:07 CDT