Message-ID: <66bfe83a@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Using Debian to manage a multiple OS machine Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 17 Aug 2024 10:00:59 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 21 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:57980 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:12:09 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > >> That being said, if you're not an expert, avoid dual boot please. >> Especially if Windows is one of the OSses. > > I have heard others recommend against dual boot, too. Mistakes will likely > lead to neither OS being able to boot; this is typically easy to fix if > you know your way around a tool like SystemRescue, but if not, it can be > fatal. The only mistake that should make that fatal is failing to have a backup that can be restored if it goes wrong. If the Windows installation is of value then that _should_ exist already. Though perhaps this would be an ideal time to test restoring the backup onto a spare disk, then there's a spare to immediately swap over with the disk Linux is being installed on if that goes wrong. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#