On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:27:39 -0400 (EDT), Eben King
> <eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Chuck Hast wrote:
> >
> > I can be there if you come and get me (Riverview, can't drive). I did a
> > similar thing (installed Linux from the Novell DVD onto a formerly XP-only
> > machine). Just know that there will be a LILO/GRUB prompt before XP
> > begins loading. Maybe you can get this not to appear, and have the
> > machine only load Linux if you're holding down a magic key, but I don't
> > know how.
>
> The computer is a Toshiba Laptop. I have no problem with LILO/GRUB
> prompt. Indeed the GRUB splash screen on a RedHat machine I work with
> always impresses people, not sure why.
"Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Not that a bootloader is high tech, but THEY don't understand it...
> The laptop is a Satellite something or other, it is a 1.2 Ghz machine it has
> a 38G Hd and 512M of ram. I think it will work. I have run Knoppix and some
> of the other bootable CD's on it.
Most likely it will. You have more HD space that I do, but a slower CPU
and less RAM (Thinkpad T40). What does "lspci" say?
> Perhaps we can meet in Riverview, I can bring the laptop with me and we
> can go through it. I need to see exactly how this week is going to pan
> out.
You might want to wait until my laptop is back from IBM (unrelated USB
port problem). They were right snappy getting the shipping box to me
(called on Tuesday, box was here on Wednesday), so I can only hope the
rest of the service goes as fast.
Mail me off list to discuss this.
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