Comments on: The Quad-Boot Saga: Background http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/the-quad-boot-saga-background/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:47:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Craig Watson - Blog » Blog Archive » Multi-Booting: A Revised Guide - XP/Vista/Linux http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/the-quad-boot-saga-background/#comment-9114 Craig Watson - Blog » Blog Archive » Multi-Booting: A Revised Guide - XP/Vista/Linux Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:41:01 +0000 http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/test-techie-post/#comment-9114 [...] writing my last quad-boot entry, I’ve gained quite a bit of experience in troubleshooting and sorting out multi-boot installs [...] [...] writing my last quad-boot entry, I’ve gained quite a bit of experience in troubleshooting and sorting out multi-boot installs [...]

]]> By: Loweded Wookie http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/the-quad-boot-saga-background/#comment-6882 Loweded Wookie Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:21:55 +0000 http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/test-techie-post/#comment-6882 I'm actually amazed you got one operating system running on an Acer. I hate Acers, they are the crappiest machines on the planet. I can safely say this because the company I am an engineer for is contracted by Acer to fix their machines. I refuse to do Acer work anymore after they bought in this stupid "give us an update for every second of the day" bollocks. Everything we try doesn't fix the problem assuming Acer gives us correct parts or non-DOA parts in the first place. I really wish people would actually spend some money on quality machines. It costs less in the longrun. I’m actually amazed you got one operating system running on an Acer.

I hate Acers, they are the crappiest machines on the planet. I can safely say this because the company I am an engineer for is contracted by Acer to fix their machines. I refuse to do Acer work anymore after they bought in this stupid “give us an update for every second of the day” bollocks. Everything we try doesn’t fix the problem assuming Acer gives us correct parts or non-DOA parts in the first place.

I really wish people would actually spend some money on quality machines. It costs less in the longrun.

]]> By: Craig http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/the-quad-boot-saga-background/#comment-6876 Craig Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:56:20 +0000 http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/test-techie-post/#comment-6876 John, Thanks for the comments, I'd like to point you towards the <a href="http://forum.insanelymac.com/" rel="nofollow">InsanelyMac forums</a> where there's a whole community dedicated to supporting OS X on non-Apple hardware, so while I am breaking Apple's license agreemen, so are hundreds (more possibly thousands or millions) of other users. One of my goals when I have finished my Computer Science degree course (or even before if I have the money) is to buy a Mac. The only reason I haven't already is the lack of money that's the hallmark of the modern student, and I was merely installing OS X as a way of testing the software before I went out and spent money. Recently I've been playing with the idea of replacing OS X with Sun's Solaris system or possibly a more obscure distribution of Linux to expand my knowledge of the command line and "under-the-skin" operating system configurations. As to the "waste of your time" reference, I never said that I was an authority on any of the subject matter, the quad-boot experiment was merely that - an experiment to forward my own knowledge, and I published the blog because I found so much help in that format during the troubleshooting process. I never intended the blog to be an "all-in-one" definitive guide to configuring a system for quad-booting. Thanks for your comments though, Craig John,
Thanks for the comments, I’d like to point you towards the InsanelyMac forums where there’s a whole community dedicated to supporting OS X on non-Apple hardware, so while I am breaking Apple’s license agreemen, so are hundreds (more possibly thousands or millions) of other users.

One of my goals when I have finished my Computer Science degree course (or even before if I have the money) is to buy a Mac. The only reason I haven’t already is the lack of money that’s the hallmark of the modern student, and I was merely installing OS X as a way of testing the software before I went out and spent money. Recently I’ve been playing with the idea of replacing OS X with Sun’s Solaris system or possibly a more obscure distribution of Linux to expand my knowledge of the command line and “under-the-skin” operating system configurations.

As to the “waste of your time” reference, I never said that I was an authority on any of the subject matter, the quad-boot experiment was merely that - an experiment to forward my own knowledge, and I published the blog because I found so much help in that format during the troubleshooting process. I never intended the blog to be an “all-in-one” definitive guide to configuring a system for quad-booting.

Thanks for your comments though,
Craig

]]> By: John Washington http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/the-quad-boot-saga-background/#comment-6875 John Washington Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:19:11 +0000 http://www.cwatson.org/blog/2007/07/05/test-techie-post/#comment-6875 I'm greatly impressed by the sheer determination and perseverance of people when faced apparently insurmountable challenges such as this one. Unfortunately you are not one of these people, whilst trawling the internet for information about setting up multiple operating systems I came across your blog and it has been a glorious waste of not only my time, but, it would appear, your own time. From what I can gather about hacked versions of Mac OS X, not only have you broken the law by downloading the software, but Apple's license agreement by installing on non-Apple hardware. I’m greatly impressed by the sheer determination and perseverance of people when faced apparently insurmountable challenges such as this one. Unfortunately you are not one of these people, whilst trawling the internet for information about setting up multiple operating systems I came across your blog and it has been a glorious waste of not only my time, but, it would appear, your own time. From what I can gather about hacked versions of Mac OS X, not only have you broken the law by downloading the software, but Apple’s license agreement by installing on non-Apple hardware.

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