Adam,
I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 as well, and I *highly* recommend you
subscribe the the linux-dell-laptops mailing list at
http://www.yahoo.com/groups/linux-dell-laptops. This is an excellent
laptop, and if planned out correctly, works great with Linux. Read the
FAQ, it has details about setting up a suspend to disk partition as well
as your other partitions. It also goes over setting up the rest of the
hardware.
HTH,
Justin
On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 19:07, Adam Getchell wrote:
> Similar question for an upcoming Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. It comes with XP
> already installed. Will I be able to install RH 7.2 on another partition,
> write grub to the bootsector, and have Grub dual boot XP and 7.2? Or do I
> need to install Grub/RH 7.2 first?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 6:16 AM
> Subject: Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop
>
>
> > Michael Scottaline wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 23:41:42 -0600
> > > Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I just bought a sony laptop with the 900MHz duron and am going to set
> it
> > > > up as dual boot at first. The 15GB drive came partitioned in 2 chunks
> > > > and I thought I simply place RH7.2 on what windows sees as the D:
> > > > drive. It looks like it is really a logical in an extended partition.
> > > >
> > > > Two real questions before I start.
> > > >
> > > > 1) will grub or lilo simply boot XP as the other operating system just
> > > > like win9X or has enough changed that I will need to do somehting
> else?
> > > >
> > > > 2) can I install linux in the extended partition? I would probably
> > > > create my typical seperate partitions : /, /boot, /var, /tmp, /usr,
> > > > /home, swap. These partition numbers would obviously start at hda5
> and
> > > > be way into the disk. I have not done the dual boot thing in so long
> I
> > > > thought I would ask the gurus before starting.
> > > >
> > > > 3) (bonus question) when I started the install to see if I was going
> to
> > > > have any immediate hardware issues before punting I noticed the laptop
> > > > installation option. I have never done one of the standard config
> > > > installs and probably won't this time but does anyone know what apps
> get
> > > > installed with the laptop option? Are there new laptop targeted apps
> > > > since 6.2 I should install?
> > > ==========================================
> > > I recently installed RH 7.2 on a Sony Vaio PIII 900. Same HD as yours
> > > with similar config. I just deleted the D: drive and had the
> installation
> > > write there. No problems and grub dual boots from the get-go! I chose
> > > the laptop installation, and since my guess is that our hardwar is quite
> > > similar (if not identical, `cept the processor) you should have no
> > > problem. The installation even recognized the CDR/DVD and put scsi
> > > support in the kernel it built. HTH,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > Outstanding !
> >
> > Thanks for the info Mike. Seems like a sweet little machine.
> >
> > Bret
> >
> >
> >
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