Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2002-01-28 Thread Ray Abbitt
On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Charles Galpin wrote: 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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2002-01-14 Thread Bruce Kall
Yes you can reinstall XP from the Dell XP-reinstall media on an altered (at least from what came partitioned from Dell originally). There does need to be a Fat32 or NTFS partition available (and an s2d one as well if you're going to use that feature). Bruce rpjday wrote: On Sat, 12 Jan

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2002-01-12 Thread Adam Getchell
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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2002-01-12 Thread cgalpin
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Adam Getchell wrote: Originally to: All 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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2002-01-12 Thread rpjday
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Adam Getchell wrote: Originally to: All 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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2002-01-12 Thread Charles Galpin
- 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,

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-20 Thread rpjday
On 19 Dec 2001, Justin Ellison wrote: Go to www.whacked.net - you should be able to find it from there. On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 20:46, Charles Galpin wrote: On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: Adam, I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 as well, and I *highly* recommend you

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-20 Thread Charles Galpin
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 06:58, rpjday wrote: On 19 Dec 2001, Justin Ellison wrote: Go to www.whacked.net - you should be able to find it from there. On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 20:46, Charles Galpin wrote: On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: Adam, I have a

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-20 Thread rpjday
On 19 Dec 2001, Justin Ellison wrote: Go to www.whacked.net - you should be able to find it from there. On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 20:46, Charles Galpin wrote: On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: Adam, I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 as well, and I *highly* recommend you

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-19 Thread Charles Galpin
On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 20:07, 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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-19 Thread Justin Ellison
Go to www.whacked.net - you should be able to find it from there. On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 20:46, Charles Galpin wrote: On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: Adam, I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 as well, and I *highly* recommend you subscribe the the linux-dell-laptops

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-18 Thread Bret Hughes
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? Here is

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-18 Thread Justin Ellison
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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-18 Thread Charles Galpin
On Tue, 2001-12-18 at 18:05, Justin Ellison wrote: 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,

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-18 Thread David Talkington
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Galpin wrote: 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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Scottaline
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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-17 Thread Bret Hughes
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

Re: dual boot install on new XP laptop

2001-12-17 Thread Adam Getchell
: 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