David, I have the same setup as you and am interested in how you hibernate xp and then switch between O.S's
On 12/18/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can get a T42 with 1400x1050 no prob. I love mine (I have the > 1024x768 model though) and there is no built in firewire, but I have > an Adaptec pcmcia iEEE-1394 card... 3 port firewire 400 and it works > perfectly with WinXP, CentOS 4.x and Ubuntu 5.x. Nice fast laptop, > solid hardware. Can't be bought without an XP license on it though. > They signed a deal with the devil. :) Make sure that you burn the > system CDs BEFORE you reformat and repartition the drive, b/c that's > the only chance you get. Support will not send you a set if you don't > burn the CDs for yourself. Trust me, I know... :) It's $45 for the > set, or you can spend half a day online like I did and finally finding > their XP based tool for downloading ALL the M$ drivers and software > which came on the box, except one, the soft DVD player. I fixed that > problem by using VLC. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ > > I have WinXP and Ubuntu 5.10 dual boot, I can hibernate the XP, boot > into U 5.10 (I think it even hibernates successfully now) and then use > grub to quickly un-hibernate whichever OS I want to use. > > The Adaptec firewire card I have is model AFW-1430: > > http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/product/proddetail.html?sess=no&prodkey=AFW-1430&language=English+US&cat=Products > > good luck. > David McD > > > On 12/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a Thinkpad T42 at work, it's really nice, doesn't do the screen > res > > that you wanted, just 1024x768 on the screen, but the external port runs > > nicely at 1600x1200. It's not the fastest, or the sexiest, but it's a > > great system. > > > > > > I just saw a co-worker bought a compaq AMD Turion based system, he's > > really happy with it, but I didn't get a good look. He did say that it > > was only $850, that's something that the Thinkpad can't claim. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > Which laptop to buy, that is the question. The requirements are built > > > in Ethernet (gigabit would be nice), IEEE-1394 (FireWire) and a large > > > (as in pixels) screen (1400x1050 minimum). I must be able to boot > both > > > Linux and some other well known OS. > > > > > > I do not care who makes the CPU as long as it is x86, sorry no Macs > for > > > this one. I have had less then happy experiences with Dell, and would > > > like to stay away from them. I also find Dell's Linux support to be > > > about worthless. I have bought my last Sony anything because of their > > > DRM shananagains. I have been happy with my IBM a20p Thinkpad and > > > before the my Digital HiNote II, but both are just a bit under > powered. > > > > > > Any suggestions on what to buy and where would help. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Charles Fischer > > > -- > > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
