One thing to keep in mind on this, I had a friend who purchased a compaq
laptop from compusa and when he called compaq for support, they found
out he wanted to repartition and install linux, they told him that if he
removed the preinstalled OS or modified the partitions in anyway it
would void his warrenty with compaq.
Just an FYI
Dan


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Olwe Melwasul
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:56 PM
To: TCLUG Mailing List
Subject: [TCLUG] Linux on Laptop


I have a new Compaq Presario 2100 laptop and I'd like to put Fedora 2 on

it, maybe blow HomeXP totally off it. I got it at Best Buy and tried to 
ask them about putting Linux on it. They punted, but mentioned how there

might be a problem since maybe the BIOS was actually mixed in somehow 
with the XP installation--but they weren't sure. In other words, put it 
on at your own risk. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of 
issue?

Olwe


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