Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:16:59 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: chip <chip@wiegand.org>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>, "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual booting (Was: FreeBSD Installer) Message-ID: <20020125131659.GB7374@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020124213809.00e6e5d0@localhost> References: <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <20020123114658.A514@lpt.ens.fr> <20020123223104.SM01952@there> <3C4FBE5C.2AE8C65@mindspring.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20020124213809.00e6e5d0@localhost>
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On 2002-01-24 21:40:17, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 07:21 AM 1/24/2002, chip wrote:
>
> >I think I'll do a dual-boot setup just for the experience.
>
> I have a friend in New York City who told me that very thing
> two years ago. (He was learning UNIX at the time.) To this
> day, he has NEVER been able to set up a trouble-free system,
> and has wasted countless days struggling with his machines.
>
> Friends don't let friends dual-boot.
True, I don't let my friends dual boot. The best argument I've come
up with so far is:
"There is no way you'll spend the time figuring out why you can't
connect to your PPP dialup server, if you have the option of
rebooting and working on that other OS. Humans are weak, at the
first difficulty you'll throw it all away, and run back to your
current pet OS."
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