On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 17:38, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > Anyone here managed to install Mandrake 9.0 upon a Dell > Optiplex ? - If yes, what's your mileage / experience ? > > My reason for asking : I just contacted Dell Denmark and > asked for an *empty* Optiplex. They were quite negative, > asking why I don't want Windows preinstalled. I told them > that I wanted to install Mandrake. Long pause. Then they > cheered up quite a bit : Actually, they could deliver an > Optiplex with Linux ( RedHat, I suppose) preinstalled ! > > Now, I intend to purchase the thingy and install Mandrake, > figuring I can put the golden star upon the red hat. > > Comments ? > > Regards > > Kaj Haulrich.
Fascinating. I'm glad to hear that they are giving consumers a choice. Although I'm disappointed to hear that they "expect" to give winblows preinstalled. My comment is that I would like to know what their partitioning scheme is on the system that you get, before it is wiped forevermore. Also, it does sound like a good plan, cause they will have to get all devices working before it is shipped out to you. It might be a good idea to review what modules are loaded with an "lsmod" b4 you wipe all the partitions. That way, if you've got something exotic, you've got a heads up on it before you go into the Mandrake installation. Not saying that LM won't autodetect everything. But the info may come in handy. LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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