grub sees 2 out of 3 systems...lucky me

[Goh Lip]

On 05/03/2010 02:43 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Goh Lip<g.lip at gmx.com>  wrote:
>> On 05/03/2010 02:01 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
>>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Robert Holtzman<holtzm at cox.net>    wrote:

>>> the very beginning, with plain vanilla root, home and swap partitions,
>>> and a fresh install. This way you could save your efforts for Grub2
>>> and ext4. Considering the cost-benefit ratio, it is an unbeatable
>>> deal.
>>>
>> Lucio, I think Bob is considering the fun-benefit ratio.  :)
>> There's no better joy in whacking back a beat-up system.
>> It's often cheaper in buying a better new car, but the fun in
>> resurrecting a beat-up old car is immeasurable.
>>
>> Ciao, my good fellow - Goh Lip
>
> Goh,
>
> Not so sure about Bob, but I'm certain you are having a good time.
> What makes me anxious is the feeling (probably wrong) that given the
> opportunity to sit by that machine for a couple of hours I would fix
> it. You certainly would in a couple of minutes. Sitting here at the
> distance, I feel kind of useless. But then, if your patience is
> lacking , shouldn't go fishing...
>
> Bye Goh, best regards...
>

Yes, Lucio, you're right, fishing is a good analogy.
And it is still cheaper to buy a fish at the market than go fishing; not 
to mention standing in the frying hot sun (or freezing rain, depending 
where you are), but try telling the missus why we go fishing...


Robert Holtzman<holtzm at cox.net>    wrote:
> It's partly the fun-benefit ratio and partly the fact that I'm a
> stubborn SOB. The more difficulties I have doing something the more I
> tend to dig my heels in and become more determined to do it.


Looks like Bob won't be going home without his fish..

Regards - Goh Lip

ps: sorry for the noise...
this message is to partly test out sending message to the list.
Looks like sending only to gmane newreader sometimes doesn't work,
but sometimes it does. Prefer things that is totally broken to things 
that sometimes work. At least you get to fix it or throw it away.

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