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From: Jack Strangio  <jackstrangio@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Using Debian to manage a multiple OS machine
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 08:59:22 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> 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.

Nah. You backup your EFI partition daily along with the rest of your bits.

If there is a disaster, you can revert your boot-manager to the way it was
last night with 'dd' and about 10 seconds.

Having booted up the system, you can repair it easily.

Jack
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