On Monday 19 June 2006 2:37 pm, j_wrocky at comcast.net wrote: > Would like to install a Linux distro and also leave Windows XP Pro on the > HDD. The Thinkpad is a G40 Series, Celeron 2.4 GHz CPU, 248 MB RAM, 24.GB > HDD. Is now running Windows XP Pro SP2. > > Any recommendations or gotcha's? > > I can download and burn any distro on to a CD or DVD. > I have SimplyMEPIS 6.0rc1 SuSE 10.1 (DVD), Kubuntu 6.06 on CD's now. > > I have the IBM restore disks. > > Jerry Weihrauch As a long time SuSE user I recommend that. I ran various versions on a Thinkpad A22m until I replaced it last year. The newer versions of SUSE will deal with setting up the dual boot using NTFS resize utility. One thing to do before loading is a scandisk and defrag to move data to the "front" of the NTFS partition. The SUSE setup should then give you the option of sizing the partition. NTFS reading is built in so you should be able to read files from the Windows partition. You'll need a utility like NTFS capture to write. If you've got built in WiFi in the laptop check the chipset. You may need to use NDISWrapper or Linuxant's DriverLoader to use the wifi. -- Jack Ungerleider jack at jacku.com http://www.jacku.com