[opensuse] Install over Vista?

2007-06-16 Thread Michael Fischer
Thanks to all who replied to a previous problem report (Samsung monitor...). I purchased a new box, a Pavilion a6000n, and suffered from 10.1 not being able to see the dvd/cd rom drive to start the install. The splash would come up, but after selecting any of "Installation", "Installation ACPI o

Re: [opensuse] Install over Vista?

2007-06-16 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* Michael Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [06-16-07 14:44]: > Has anyone else on the list had similar experiences, or applicable > wisdom? Download a "live" dvd, openSUSE or knoppix and take it to the store where you are purchasing. Ask one of the tech/sales persons to run the dvd on your computer c

Re: [opensuse] Install over Vista?

2007-06-16 Thread Robert Lewis
I was out having lunch with a computer consultant friend and he said that MS twisted the arms of manufactures to put a bit in their bios so that only VISTA would be recognized. He said on the net you can find patches where you d/l the current bios apply the patch which manipulates 1-bit in the bi

Re: [opensuse] Install over Vista?

2007-06-17 Thread Michael Fischer
On Sat, Jun 16, Robert Lewis wrote: > I was out having lunch with a computer consultant > friend and he said that MS twisted the arms of > manufactures to put a bit in their bios so that only > VISTA would be recognized. He said on the net > you can find patches where you d/l the current bios > ap