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   Maurice Batey to Aragorn   
   Re: Testing multiple distros on one driv   
   01 Aug 12 18:19:58   
   
   From: maurice@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:05:26 +0200, Aragorn wrote:   
      
   > they insisted on testing it under Windows,   
   > and when I complained to them about the flaws of the machine, they   
   > blamed it all on GNU/Linux and claimed that - and I quote - "everything   
   > worked PERFECTLY under Windows".   
      
   When I returned my PC for them to check the CPU problem, I set it to   
   boot straight into Windows 7* - no sign of Linux anywhere.   
      
   But I was able to make sure the problem manifested itself under   
   Windows.   
      
     (* Which I use only once a year, to make the family DVD!)   
      
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