Thanks for the details. They will be very helpful. -- Larry
At 10:20 AM 12/11/02 -0800, you wrote: >I have a Compaq Presario 715US which I bought in April and now have dual >boot WinXP / Redhat-8.0. Compaq/HP only supports WinXP on this machine, >but I imagine all the hardware warranties are still valid. I had >several hardware compatibility issues, the most major being ACPI support >(no APM on this machine). However, because it is a high volume model >laptop, I found tons of howtos and previous experiences on the web, >including custom kernel configurations. I am sure that no matter what >laptop you buy, you can make it work with Linux. Some may just take >more work than others. > >One recommendation: partition your hardrive into 3 parts: 1 for WinXP, >1 for Linux (including boot and swap, etc.), and 1 as FAT32 for files >you want to see by both OS's. I read that NTFS writing is still >unstable in Linux. If you only have a disk image for WinXP (as I did), >you indeed will have trouble partitioning first and then installing >WinXP. In that case you can use the latest version of Partition magic, >which now can re-partition NTFS and Ext3, along with everything else. > >Jonathan > > >Larry Ozeran wrote: > >>Thanks to everyone for all of your suggestions. :) >> >>To clarify, I have _not_ bought the laptop yet. I was looking for questions >>to ask before a purchase. You have supplied me with many, thank you. >> >>I had not considered disk swapping. I had planned to store all dictations >>on the windows partition, which could then be read by the Linux software >>(and do batch updates since reboots would be required to switch OS'). I >>suppose if I used a Zip or USB storage device to transfer data, swapping >>hard disks (and rebooting) could also work. (Anyone have good results with >>the USB keychain storage devices under both Linux and Windows?) >> >>As extensive as linux-on-laptops is, I could not find EXACT model identifer >>matches to the models I found available for purchase. (DELL Inspiron 4100 >>listed, but 4150 being sold; eight Sony Vaio PCG-R505 models on the web >>site, but none that I found available for sale.) I guess it's still caveat >>emptor and hope that the salesperson I ask questions about systems knows >>what they are talking about (winmodems, IRQ conflicts, graphics cards, >>PCMCIA). >> >>Did anyone have problems with warranty issues after converting to a dual >>boot laptop? Any problems with reinstalling Windows after repartitioning >>the drive (i.e. only had a CDROM image and not a true install)? >>(I presume that both of these issues would go away if I choose the "swap >>hard disks" recommendation.) >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >vox-tech mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
