> I've installed both COL 2.4 and SuSE 7.2 on an IBM Thinkpad. Both > installs went very well. > > You're biggest (and initial) concern will be to partition and get a > loader (grub I assume) in place without losing the Windows setup or > destroying something. > > To do this on my Thinkpad, I initially built a grub boot diskette and > installed COL 2.4 and used the boot diskette to test things out > (including booting into windows using Grub from the diskette) > > Once I had that working, I was free to write grub to tme MBR knowing > that I could still boot in from the boot diskette in case of problems. > > The install of SuSE 7.2 on the Thinkpad was probably the most > problem-free of the 5 installs I have done. No problem > > + Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI + >
Thanks. I have 2 more questions though: 1) I want to go wireless, would I be better off waiting to load linux till I get the hardware? Not sure how hard it is to do it later. 2) Can linux deal with a cdrw/dvd combo drive? Thanks again, Vern _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
