On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 12:04:19AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote > On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:04:51 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Since wiping Windows voids the warranty, I'll run the new machine for > > several days under Windows, just in case there are any early problems. > > After that, it goes Gentoo. > > I always boot system rescue and dd the entries drive to somewhere safe. > That way I restore the original setup in the case of a warranty claim - > unless the failure is that bad that I can't boot or access the disk.
a) The drive is one terabyte in size. b) Yes, Mr. Dell Support, I bought the machine 6 months ago and I've been websurfing, Youtubing, etc ever since. And Windows Home has not forced an update all that time. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
