> > I've installed both COL 2.4 and SuSE 7.2 on an IBM Thinkpad. Both
> > installs went very well.
> >
> > You're biggest (and initial) concern will be to partition and get a
> > loader (grub I assume) in place without losing the Windows setup or
> > destroying something.
> >
> > To do this on my Thinkpad, I initially built a grub boot diskette and
> > installed COL 2.4 and used the boot diskette to test things out
> > (including booting into windows using Grub from the diskette)
> >
> > Once I had that working, I was free to write grub to tme MBR knowing
> > that I could still boot in from the boot diskette in case of problems.
> >
> > The install of SuSE 7.2 on the Thinkpad was probably the most
> > problem-free of the 5 installs I have done. No problem
> >
> > + Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI +
> >
>
> Thanks.
> I have 2 more questions though:
> 1) I want to go wireless, would I be better off waiting to load linux
till I
> get the hardware? Not sure how hard it is to do it later.
I would expect so but I've never done wireless.
> 2) Can linux deal with a cdrw/dvd combo drive?
Yes... at least in general. As with all laptops, YMMV
>
> Thanks again,
> Vern
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