Postby jwocky » Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:39 pm
Still working on bringing my stuff to run. Everything worked fine on the Linux side, then when finally the Windows for the test partition came (no thanks to a certain supplier who had a delay for this and other things), Win 8.1 had no better things to do than to mess up partition tables and eat the first hard disk.
I actually brought it to run with the help of a reinstalled Ubuntu which was clever enough to pick up on the Windows that was installed. For reasons of inherited smartness, Ubuntu insisted though on being installed on hard disk #4 .... as far away from Windows as it could get. Smart, isn't it?
So, bottom line: We can't confirm at this point, that Windows isn't actually a virus, but it can be installed as an alternative option in Grub ... and here I am, copying and reinstalling everything, about 5 hours from the Isle of Man event and about 23 from the next interview (picking up my case notes from my old work place computer right now). So, I'm doing my best, lets hope, it's good enough to be able to participate.
Free speech can never be achieved by dictatorial measures!
