From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 2023-02-09 08:10, legg wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   > What appens to the Windows OSs when Linux gets through with   
   > its partition alterations?   
      
   Completely scrooched, I imagine--I was trying to install Windows   
   afterwards, and it puked.   
      
   >   
   > Repairable?   
   >   
   > I've had trouble with LXLE in the past. Like to blame it on   
   > something besides my own ignorance.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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