Thanks I found this too and was wondering if anybody has had more recent experience, well more recent than 1998.
This is where I got the clues on not letting the machine boot into XP and using a Linux distribution (rather than partition magic) to repartition the disk. Surely somebody else has done this since 1998.... On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:36:47 +1000 Mark Chandler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a documented case of something similar to what you want here: > http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/toshiba.html > > It's a little old now, but gives some great advice. > > Russell Davie wrote: > > Hi All > > > > Has anybody done this? > > How would you suggest I go about this? > > > > This laptop (Acer Aspire 3002) runs fine on Ubuntu Hoary and I don't really > > need to use the Windows software that came with it. Everything runs fine, > > straight after install. Amazing. Except for special windows keys for > > starting Internet Explorer. ;-) > > > > Windows hasn't been used, though it attempted to boot twice, which was > > stopped in a few seconds by powering off. > > > > When Ubuntu was installed, the hidden rescue partition and WinXP partition > > had errors which Ubuntu couldn't fix. The only way out was to delete both > > partitions and let Ubuntu sort it out. > > > > So this laptop is fully Windows free, Windows was never used, the CDs are > > still in shrink wrap. > > So maybe it could be argued as the machine has never used Windows and as > > the CDs are in shrink wrap, then the ULUA that is set by MS hasn't been > > agreed to. > > > > Your advice in how to return the CDs for refund is appreciated. > > > > The money would come in handy to get more memory! > > > > regards > > > > Russell > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
