[Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-24 Thread Leo
I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to select what OS is installed with three options: Other WinXP Vista / Win7 Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to choose for Linux? Thanks, Leo -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web In

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Ian Park
On 24/08/10 23:05, Leo wrote: > I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to select > what OS is installed with three options: > Other > WinXP > Vista / Win7 > > Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to > choose for Linux? > > Thanks, > Leo > > -

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 24/08/10 22:05, Leo wrote: I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to select what OS is installed with three options: Other WinXP Vista / Win7 Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to choose for Linux? Hi Leo, I can't answer the the ques

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Sean, On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:55:09AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: > I can't answer the the question as to why this is present, but I suspect > that there will be something that explains the reason for this on the > laptop manufacturer's Web site or in the manual. If it's anything like th

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Hugo Mills
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:14:10AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Sean, > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:55:09AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: > > I can't answer the the question as to why this is present, but I suspect > > that there will be something that explains the reason for this on the > > la

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Ian Park
On 25/08/10 10:55, Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 24/08/10 22:05, Leo wrote: >> I've just got a new laptop and in the bios there is an option to >> select what OS is installed with three options: >> Other >> WinXP >> Vista / Win7 >> >> Does anyone know what difference this makes, and is Other the best to

Re: [Hampshire] Laptop BIOS settings

2010-08-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 25/08/10 09:19, Hugo Mills wrote: On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:14:10AM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hi Sean, On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:55:09AM +, Sean Gibbins wrote: I can't answer the the question as to why this is present, but I suspect that there will be something that explains