On Sat, Jun 16, Robert Lewis wrote: > I was out having lunch with a computer consultant > friend and he said that MS twisted the arms of > manufactures to put a bit in their bios so that only > VISTA would be recognized. He said on the net > you can find patches where you d/l the current bios > apply the patch which manipulates 1-bit in the bios > that then allows it to recognize and deal with Linux > installation. I have no further detail and leave it as > an exercise for you to do more sniffing. > > Moral to the story for me is that I will not purchase a > name brand computer but instead build one from scratch. > Or possibly make the dealer give me a written guarantee > of a 100% refund if I can't load Linux.
Yes, I'm going to go that route, probably with avadirect, who seem to be fairly linux-friendly. Thanks to all who replied with their excellent advice. Michael -- Michael Fischer Happiness is a config option. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recompile and be happy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
