s2.utilities:141 comp.os.os2.misc:3090   
   From: Will Honea    
      
   Mark Dodel wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:21:11 UTC, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard   
   >  wrote:   
   >    
   > -> > Actually I no longer have Linux either. I had to delete all the   
   > -> > OpenSUSE volumes because when I last "updated" it, it overwrote the   
   > -> > MBR, somehow changed the order of all the partitions and I couldn't   
   > -> > boot eCS any more. What was weird was I had everything working fine   
   > -> > before that. I'm hesitant to screw with Linux anymore.   
   > -> >   
   > ->   
   > -> It's interesting to read this.  Many years ago, Microsoft was Evil in   
   > -> many people's eyes because installing Windows would overwrite their   
   > boot -> managers and prevent them from rebooting back into their old   
   > operating -> systems; and Linux was One of the Good Guys because it didn't   
   > do this. -> Nowadays, I observe that exactly the sort of things are said   
   > about modern -> Linux distributions, about how they screw up prior boot   
   > arrangements and -> suchlike, as used to be said about Microsoft Windows.   
   > ->   
   > -> Well you can always have fun CHKVOLling your FAT32 volume, even if you   
   > -> don't get to see what the result looks like in Linux.  (-:   
   >    
   > I knew that a fresh install of most Linux distros would do this if I   
   > wasn't real careful about placing grub in /root, but I never imagined   
   > an update of an existing install would do it.  And this T61 came from   
   > Lenovo with just SLED 10 installed, so I had some experience with SLED   
   > and OpenSUSE before.   I actually liked OpenSUSE, better then some   
   > other versions, but I'm waiting to see someone say they had success   
   > with coexisting with eCS before I try it again.   
      
   There was a hiccup in one of the openSUSE 11.4 RCs that pulled this stunt    
   causing much grief.  I've not seen it with the release - the grub    
   installation has honored the existing schema quite nicely.  Sure caused a    
   lot of traffic on the fora when it happened, tho.   
      
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   Will Honea   
      
      
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