[expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a Dell Inspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread Technoslick
I am replacing the 20 GB hard drive in my 2-1/2 year old Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop that was running Win 2K (under warranty). This seems like the perfect opportunity to try installing MDK and converting it permanently to Linux. However, I have never installed Linux on a portable device. As with many

Re: [expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a Dell Inspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
Hi TechnoSlick, Just last night I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on two Dells, one, an Inspiron 8100 which has a swap cd-rom/floppy and an Inspiron 2600. With the OS at the 9.0 level and above(even 8.2, my previous install was OK).it has become a total no-brainer to load this Mandrake. I did not have to