oops, didn't see that you are running 5.10 as I'm still on 5.04. I haven't upgraded yet, my system is tweaked perfectly and so I'm a little reluctant to switch. I've been looking for a good way to save an image of my current system (another topic for another day)
Good thing to know, however, when I am running 5.10! On 12/20/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a 30GB drive I think. I left the last 6GB of the drive empty, > unpartitioned. I made a 24GB partition for WinXP and installed that, > did all the updates and hundreds of reboots, then shutdown completely. > I then booted from an Ubuntu 5.10 CD and did that install. Grub > handles the boot menu. So once Ubuntu was completely updated, I > shutdown. Now I have 2 OS's on the box. I powered up, I get the grub > boot menu, I choose WinXP, boot, login, and do whatever it is you > booted to WinXP to do. Then when it is time to hibernate, choose > Start > Shutdown > "h" (h for hibernate). When you choose Start > > Shutdown on a XP installation that is not a member of a domain, you > get the 3 pretty colors, green, yellow and red?? Hold "Alt" I > believe, and you should see one of these switch it's function to > hibernate. I just learned hitting "h" worked for shortcut purposes. > Once WinXP is in hibernation, you can turn the power back on, and the > grub boot menu comes up once again. The option you need for Ubuntu > (if you do Ubuntu as your linux distro) should be the default option > if grub times out. Ubuntu 5.04 did not hibernate (and even standby > was a pita) but it appears Ubuntu 5.10 does hibernate properly, though > I've only used this feature once so far. You can hibernate each OS > independently and power on, use the boot menu and resume whichever OS > you want. > > Tip: Most people say if you are going to dual boot with any Microsoft > Windows based system to install it first at the beginning of the drive > and complete that before installing linux on the empty space you left > behind. > > Note: If you still have the default WinXP install on your Thinkpad, > make sure you burn the System CDs before you re-partition your > drive... and of course backup all your data! :) > > hope that helps, > David McD > > > On 12/20/05, Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David, I have the same setup as you and am interested in how you > hibernate > > xp and then switch between O.S's > > > > On 12/18/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You can get a T42 with 1400x1050 no prob. I love mine (I have the > > > 1024x768 model though) and there is no built in firewire, but I have > > > an Adaptec pcmcia iEEE-1394 card... 3 port firewire 400 and it works > > > perfectly with WinXP, CentOS 4.x and Ubuntu 5.x. Nice fast laptop, > > > solid hardware. Can't be bought without an XP license on it though. > > > They signed a deal with the devil. :) Make sure that you burn the > > > system CDs BEFORE you reformat and repartition the drive, b/c that's > > > the only chance you get. Support will not send you a set if you don't > > > burn the CDs for yourself. Trust me, I know... :) It's $45 for the > > > set, or you can spend half a day online like I did and finally finding > > > their XP based tool for downloading ALL the M$ drivers and software > > > which came on the box, except one, the soft DVD player. I fixed that > > > problem by using VLC. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ > > > > > > I have WinXP and Ubuntu 5.10 dual boot, I can hibernate the XP, boot > > > into U 5.10 (I think it even hibernates successfully now) and then use > > > grub to quickly un-hibernate whichever OS I want to use. > > > > > > The Adaptec firewire card I have is model AFW-1430: > > > > > > > http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&prodkey=AFW-1430&language=English+US&cat=Products > > > > > > good luck. > > > David McD > > > > > > > > > On 12/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a Thinkpad T42 at work, it's really nice, doesn't do the > screen > > > res > > > > that you wanted, just 1024x768 on the screen, but the external port > runs > > > > nicely at 1600x1200. It's not the fastest, or the sexiest, but it's > a > > > > great system. > > > > > > > > > > > > I just saw a co-worker bought a compaq AMD Turion based system, he's > > > > really happy with it, but I didn't get a good look. He did say that > it > > > > was only $850, that's something that the Thinkpad can't claim. > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Which laptop to buy, that is the question. The requirements are > built > > > > > in Ethernet (gigabit would be nice), IEEE-1394 (FireWire) and a > large > > > > > (as in pixels) screen (1400x1050 minimum). I must be able to boot > > > both > > > > > Linux and some other well known OS. > > > > > > > > > > I do not care who makes the CPU as long as it is x86, sorry no > Macs > > > for > > > > > this one. I have had less then happy experiences with Dell, and > would > > > > > like to stay away from them. I also find Dell's Linux support to > be > > > > > about worthless. I have bought my last Sony anything because of > their > > > > > DRM shananagains. I have been happy with my IBM a20p Thinkpad and > > > > > before the my Digital HiNote II, but both are just a bit under > > > powered. > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions on what to buy and where would help. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Charles Fischer > > > > > -- > > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : > http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > TriLUG mailing list : > > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
