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Fedora Core Doesn't Like to Dual Boot?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nobody-noticed-that? dept.

schwatoo writes "It seems Fedora Core doesn't like to boot alongside Windows 2K or XP. According to a bug first reported in February on Fedora's bugzilla site it has a tendency to chew up partition maps making it impossible to dual boot into Windows. No one seems to know quite what is causing the problem and a lot of people are ending up with unbootable machines."

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  1. Want a community driven distro? by slayer99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *fx* Dons troll outfit */fx*

    http://www.debian.org/

    We've been doing it longer, too. ;)

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    Martin Brooks / Slayer99 #linux / UIN 2178117
  2. brilliant move by i88i · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    can you honestly think of a better way to stop people from using windows, than by killing the windows partition?

  3. Re:Not comparable by JoeDog42069 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    If they don't know how to fix their Master Boot Record (MBR) then they shouldn't be dual booting in the first place. Furthermore, if they have important data that can not be lost, what is it doing on the same partition (or even the same hard drive) as their operating system? I am not trying to shift blame here, but we are talking about Modern Technology, which is prone to disappointment. So it is the user who should take the appropriate steps to protect critical data. I know we are supposed to trust that the maker of the software has tested and taken steps to prevent data loss, etc. In the end it is ultimately the user who is responsible for what is their's (this applies to more than just a computer).


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