Maybe do not install any OS on the laptop or Dell might claim that by doing so the warranty is void and returning the laptop for a full refund is no longer an option?
If you are set on keeping it or want to see if it is even worth keeping, perhaps try installing from a USB drive or at least test out live versions on the USB drive to see if all the hardware will be supported. J On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 7:26 PM, someone <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried to order an Inspiron mini 10 Ubuntu 9.1.0 mobilon 2.1 Dell laptop. > > The keyword is tried. The laptop came without an operating system. > The laptop came without media. To make matters worse, sending the > laptop to the shop to be diagnosed for hardware problems, it came back > to me without an operating system and without media. > > DELL tried really hard to push me into installing Ubuntu 8.04 telling me > that > 9.1.0 is not supported and that they can't send me media for it. I > asked why I couldn't send the laptop back in to have the proper > contractual version of Ubuntu installed. DELL still insisted that > they cannot install that going even further suggesting that I could > download the generic version and install it myself. Hello, I don't > order a DELL laptop with Linux pre installed just to turn around and > install Linux on it myself. > > DELL ran my mother around Elmer's barn for 5 hours and brought her to > tears. Finally, I got tough and said basically, you have three > options. Option 1, take the laptop back into the shop and install the > contractual version of > Linux on it. Option 2, send me media to install Ubuntu 9.1.0 (mobilon > 2.1). Option 3, take the laptop back and refund the purchase price at > your expense. > > I asked DELL if there is an official site I can download the copy of Linux > that is supposed to be on the laptop from, they said that there isn't one. > My concern is, generic Ubuntu will not be set up for this laptop > specifically. I have the UPS label and the laptop packed to go back > now, but I wonder if I can get the appropriate software if I shouldn't > reconsider? For now, I'm trying to shop at the local computer store > again for an Asus mini laptop. > I'll have to do the fdisk install Linux number possibly, but at least I > won't have to put up with DELL. > > Warning to anyone considering a DELL Inspiron Mini 10 with Ubuntu > 9.1.0, DELL will not provide media for that version of Ubuntu and in > all likelihood, DELL will not install that version. If you want to go > around Elmer's barn for 5 hours with DELL, that is certainly up to > you. I don't know if I'll ever buy > another DELL computer. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
