----- Original Message ----- From: "rpjday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I can't help you with resising XP - i just wiped it clean and started > > over. > > i'd be interested in hearing just how smoothly the process of setting > up that 8100 as a dual boot machine goes. i got an 8100 a few months > ago and, yes, it came pre-installed with windows <whatever random > choice i made>, since i had no intention of running windows whatever. > > the instant i got it, i blasted the windows install and installed > red hat, but not before i noticed that, naturally, the pre-installed > windows takes up the whole disk, and i suspect it will do the same > with yours. > > this means you can't just add red hat, you have to downsize > windows first. and before you think, hey, no problem, i'll just > *re-install* windows on a smaller partition, think again. what > you will likely get is not a windows install CD, it will be a > windows *reinstall* CD -- that is, no original media but a CD > that just lets you recover to your original layout. these days, > dell (and others, i assume) not shipping original media. they're > being totally sleazy and shipping only enough to let you recover > if you trash your original install. Dell gave me real media - standard XP plus a bunch of disks containg apps, utilities etc. In fact, mine came with w2k installed, but an XP license on the sticker. All it took was a phone call to get them to send me a XP CD. With the CDs they provide you can intall windows anyway you like (or dislike :) ) It went very smoothly once I stopped trying to get both w2k and XP on it 9as well as Linux). Just do windows first, then linux. charles _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
