Back on topic with this, I know my friend, had problems getting partition magic 8 to repartition the disk. This was the reason he called compaq and also why he ended up getting the toshiba. I couldn't talk him into using fdisk, as he was worried about loosing the data on his windows partition. But the compaq he had did not like partition magic and just spit a bunch of errors at him Dan -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Olwe Melwasul Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:45 AM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Linux on Laptop So, does anyone have experience with trying to install, say, Fedora 2 on a modern XP laptop? Someone said my Presario 2100 hogs the whole disk rather badly and I'd need a commercial disk partitioner to even get started. Olwers Jeffery Rasmussen wrote: >How can they tell if you had Linux installed on the computer and then >wiped it out and put XP on it? In fact, as long as the hard drive >isn't bad you could keep switching parts with the manufacturer without >them knowing that you installed Linux. > >You might need to keep Windows around for running the stupid tests that >they will ask you to run. > >Jeff Rasmussen > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lansing, Dan [mailto:Dan.Lansing at AndersenCorp.com] >Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:18 AM >To: TCLUG Mailing List >Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Linux on Laptop > > >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----- >From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >[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 > > >_______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list