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Heh, I meant it in a tongue in cheek way. My dad thought it was too risky.

• metadat 4y ago
  I understand, that's what I found amusing. It's easy to imagine a dad in the 90s, when computers were much more costly, being like "hell no you aren't doing that to the family computer!" :) Maybe I'm still misinterpreting, but this was where my mind went. Man, I wish I could've appreciated how distinct the 90s were as a kid, but I was too young and dumb to have a shred of hope of being that aware!
  • to11mtm 4y ago
    In the era of that kind of PC, I remember the boot loaders being a bit more touchy. I never 'totally borked' a PC with LILO but definitely had to fix some things at least once, and that was with a nice thick Slackware 7.1 book to guide me. GRUB, IIRC, vastly improved things but took a little while to get there and truly 'easy-peasy'