Michael Vieths <foeclan at winternet.com> wrote: > > Anyone had experience getting this drive to work in Linux? Bought a > Presario 1200Z laptop and I'm trying to be prepared to do battle with it > when I repartition and install Linux. :) I think I'd be surprised if it didn't work. Doesn't Linux support like 99.9% of SCSI and IDE mass storage devices? I wouldn't expect you to have to do more than anyone else who has an IDE burner.. As for DVD stuff, as long as you have a fast processor, you should be fine. I'd be more worried about the graphics adapter than anything else. Sidenote: Does Compaq still allocate a small part of the hard drive to an extended BIOS of sorts? I seem to recall some discussion about that a few years ago. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ I think, therefore I am. / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ I think. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010821/6f5f5f0a/attachment.pgp