On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest > > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just > resize these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and install > Linux. You can safetly install lilo to the MBR, and boot Win2k using > an entry in lilo.conf > > > 3. IBM have not provided a rescue disk but have instead used a > > rescue partition, which is the strangest idea I've ever heard. What > > if I need to > > rescue the machine because the disk crashed? As you can imagine, > > this is a > > large partition (~750M) - does anyone know if it can be burnt onto > > a couple > > of CDs easily? Has anyone asked for rescue CDs from IBM?
IBM ships the X2x models by default without any CD-like devices. That's probably the reason they use a recovery partition. Of course IBM should ship the recovery CD as well. > Are you in Australasia by any chance? They did the same to me. I > think it has to do with Microsoft's attitude to us (they think we're > a bunch of pirates). Still a very stupid idea though. I tried a recovery CD for a Thinkpad 600E a while ago on a different computer. It didn't work. It seems the CDs are locked to the specific Thinkpad model they were built for. > As for saving the SERVICE partition, mount it under Linux. See if has > the programs in the root directory neccessary for booting > (command.com is the only one I can think of right now). If it is, > then copy the files onto two CD's, or use a multi-volume tar archive. > > Cameron Kerr Michael Nordmeyer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
