Re: My LILO Gone.......help please

From: Ivan Marsh (annoyed_at_you.now)
Date: 07/19/05 

Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:45:56 -0500

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:55:55 -0500, Tommy Reynolds wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 04:53:14 -0700, Angka 19 wrote:
>
>> i'm a Linux beginner. in my computer i installed Redhat 9.0 and Win XP.
>> someday, my winxp got attack from virus and need to re-installed.
>>
>> Re-installing win xp cause my LILO gone...
>
> Dear Linux Newbie Angka 19,
>
> I hope you have gotten your LILO setup corrected. In spite of all the
> bickering amongst your responders, there has been some good advice in
> there.
>
> On this list we have a wide range of folk: newbies, experts, wannabe
> experts, passionate advocates, zealots and oldies. What you have seen
> is perhaps typical of the earnestness of the contributors, each wanting
> to ensure that you receive the very best advice: theirs.

...and people who think they are the net mom.

> Reynolds' Rule Of Experts: If you put N experts in a closed room, they
> will produce N+1 expert opinions, all different.

I saw only two solutions given... both would work... one, however was
overkill and not a direct answer to the question... though was good advice
in the long run.
 
> Please do not think you have caused conflict with your question

There's nothing wrong with causing conflict... it can lead to solutions as
well as any other form of discussion.

> and please do not let the passion with which you have been answered
> prevent you from further activity on this, or any other list.

...or the condescension you and the group have been shown by someone
thinking you need any of this to be explained to you.

> We really are here to help.

The majority of us, yes... that doesn't mean it's not going to seem like a
dysfunctional bunch of crackpots at times. 

-- 
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
   Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)