So, does anyone have experience with trying to install, say, Fedora 2 on a modern XP laptop? Someone said my Presario 2100 hogs the whole disk rather badly and I'd need a commercial disk partitioner to even get started. Olwers Jeffery Rasmussen wrote: >How can they tell if you had Linux installed on the computer and then wiped >it out and put XP on it? In fact, as long as the hard drive isn't bad you >could keep switching parts with the manufacturer without them knowing that >you installed Linux. > >You might need to keep Windows around for running the stupid tests that they >will ask you to run. > >Jeff Rasmussen > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lansing, Dan [mailto:Dan.Lansing at AndersenCorp.com] >Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:18 AM >To: TCLUG Mailing List >Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Linux on Laptop > > >One thing to keep in mind on this, I had a friend who purchased a compaq >laptop from compusa and when he called compaq for support, they found >out he wanted to repartition and install linux, they told him that if he >removed the preinstalled OS or modified the partitions in anyway it >would void his warrenty with compaq. >Just an FYI >Dan > > >-----Original Message----- >From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Olwe Melwasul >Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:56 PM >To: TCLUG Mailing List >Subject: [TCLUG] Linux on Laptop > > >I have a new Compaq Presario 2100 laptop and I'd like to put Fedora 2 on > >it, maybe blow HomeXP totally off it. I got it at Best Buy and tried to >ask them about putting Linux on it. They punted, but mentioned how there > >might be a problem since maybe the BIOS was actually mixed in somehow >with the XP installation--but they weren't sure. In other words, put it >on at your own risk. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of >issue? > >Olwe > > >_______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list