[Coco] Drive Pak progress

richec rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Fri Mar 5 10:58:13 EST 2010


On Thursday 04 March 2010 11:33:43 pm wdg3rd at comcast.net wrote:
> ----- "richec" <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> > OK, enquiring minds just had to know 8-). I just imaged my Windows XP
> > system
> > and then dumped the image back and the thing boot up as if nothing had
> > happened... which is the exact the result hoped for. My next stress
> > test will
> > be on my multiboot system. Just gotta know what it will do to Grub and
> > the MS
> > boot loader combo 8-S. UNfortunately, that is my working laptop so if
> > I do it
> > it will be with MUCH fear and tripidation.
> 
> Then don't do that.  Repartition your guinea pig with a dual-boot Linux
>  install (XP survives, generally) and test it on that one again.  That's
>  what guinea pigs are for.  You don't do development or testing on your
>  production systems.  I've learned that the hard way.  More than once.  I'm
>  a slow learner.
> 
Now why didn't I think of that??? Apparently I am MUCH more slower than you 
8-). I have only been doing this since 1967. <sigh> Thank you



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