On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 16:35:07 -0600 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 20:39:09 +0800 > "Frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi guys, > <snip> > > I have just ordered the following laptop. > > Does anyone have any suggestions or hints on loading linux on > > this thing? it comes with XP home which I will want to resize > > (the partition) and dualboot with linux.. Am I likely to have > > any troubles with this thing?(I am dieing to load some 3D games > > on this thing out of curiosity.) > > > > Any ideas or suggestion would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > regards > > > > Franki > > Offhand I see no problems...tho you'll need to use Partition > Magic. > > You wanna game? Try quake3 or Enemy Territory. That little laptop > IIRC is well supported on linux. > > Have fun > Femme > > Just got a new Dell 1100 last week. Love it. I did off the 1/2 ton of strange Dell and MS software and loaded win2k first. Then I did the 9.1 install, resized the drive there and added a small fat32 partition to buffer exchanges between ntfs and xfs. By far the best laptop experience I've had. BTW the win2k install 8 hrs. 9.1 install 1.5 hrs not counting massive update. The only panic was when win2k didn't recognize the mkd fat32 partition. I closed my eyes, hoped that it wasn't talking about the whole mdk partition(s) and reformatted. It did well and both os's see and use the fat32 fine. My original thought was to resize with Part Magic but I only have an older version. Femme warned me not to use it. Lee
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