Steven Rostedt wrote: > > I would prefer to do both, but I really can't tell you if the $OTHER_OS > works or not. I booted it once with this machine, and that was only to > register it with IBM. ;) > > After that, I slapped in my Debian install CD and the rest is history. My own solution for BIOS updates was to reinstall the MS stuff completely to a small old bootable external USB drive, and place it on a shelf for contingency / testing uses. That way it doesn't even require a boot sector from the main drive. Cheers
