From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 21:08:09 -0500, Phil Hobbs   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2023-02-05 15:57, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:   
   >> I have a laptop with no OS.. well I messed it up   
   >>   
   >> I tried to reformat with GParted, but it was supsiciously fast.  Formatting   
   >> should take forever, right?  I'm going to try bootable DOS ISO.  Some   
   >> mentioned EasyBCD but it does seem proprietary, and GParted terminal has a   
   >> pretty complete BASH.  But then I am thinkig to format FAT16 initially.   
   >>   
   >> It had w7 but moving the partition messed it up and notheing else will load   
   >>   
   >> I decided I want to put XP on it, because w7 doesn't like to be moved   
   >>   
   >> I am trying to replicate an old set up (2007 AOpen desktop - won't be able   
   to   
   >> access) where I used GParted and GRUB to triple boot MSDOS 6.22, XP and   
   >> QUantian (Knoppix/Debian)   
   >>   
   >> Laptop and OSes are all old, probably as old as my old set up.   
   >>   
   >> Seems one major issue is IDE Legacy vs UEFI, and MBT vs GPT.   
   >> Apparently old DOS wants to be the first sector.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >Yup.  Also older Windows versions insisted on everything in the   
   >partition table being aligned on cylinder boundaries, whereas at least   
   >some recent Linices insist on saving a few bytes instead, even when you   
   >format the disk with real Windows and tell Linux to respect the existing   
   >partition table.   
   >   
   >I really prefer machines that do as they're damn well told.   
   >   
   >Cheers   
   >   
   >Phil Hobbs   
      
   What appens to the Windows OSs when Linux gets through with   
   its partition alterations?   
      
   Repairable?   
      
   I've had trouble with LXLE in the past. Like to blame it on   
   something besides my own ignorance.   
      
   RL   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)