Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Nordmeyer
On Monday 17 December 2001 19:16, Heather wrote: > [my, what a long cc list. Sigh] > > > On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is > > > > the easiest way to due

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Heather
[my, what a long cc list. Sigh] > On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > > easiest way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? depends on your definition of

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Nordmeyer
On Monday 17 December 2001 19:16, Heather wrote: > [my, what a long cc list. Sigh] > > > On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is > > > > the easiest way to du

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Heather
[my, what a long cc list. Sigh] > On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > > easiest way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? depends on your definition of

Re: X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Nordmeyer
On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:07, Michael Thaler wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:43:17PM -, Ross Burton wrote: > > partition, which is the strangest idea I've ever heard. What if I > > need to rescue the machine because the disk crashed? As you can > > imagine, this is a large partition

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Nordmeyer
On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest > > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions.

Re: X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Nordmeyer
On Saturday 15 December 2001 23:07, Michael Thaler wrote: > On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:43:17PM -, Ross Burton wrote: > > partition, which is the strangest idea I've ever heard. What if I > > need to rescue the machine because the disk crashed? As you can > > imagine, this is a large partitio

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-17 Thread Michael Nordmeyer
On Saturday 15 December 2001 20:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest > > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions.

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-16 Thread Axel Bojer
Hello! You wrote: "> > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just > resize these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and install > Linux. You

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-16 Thread Axel Bojer
Hello! You wrote: "> > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just > resize these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and install > Linux. You

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-16 Thread David Roundy
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 08:09:31AM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partit

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-16 Thread David Roundy
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 08:09:31AM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 parti

Re: X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread David Z Maze
Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RB> I have just got my new X22 laptop (which rocks, btw) and am preparing to RB> install Debian unstable on to it. However, I have a few questions before I RB> do this: RB> RB> 1. Is it save to use lm_sensors on this laptop? I've seen warnings that RB> us

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Bret Waldow
Cool, so you use LILO -> NT. I've seen a few documents which use the NT boot loader to boot Linux and was not sure about which order was best. The older Lilo and NT bootloader tangled. I've used that scheme with NT. I have w2k on my T21, and at first I used the old scheme, but then just ins

Re: X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Thaler
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:43:17PM -, Ross Burton wrote: > partition, which is the strangest idea I've ever heard. What if I need to > rescue the machine because the disk crashed? As you can imagine, this is a > large partition (~750M) - does anyone know if it can be burnt onto a couple > o

Re: X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread David Z Maze
Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: RB> I have just got my new X22 laptop (which rocks, btw) and am preparing to RB> install Debian unstable on to it. However, I have a few questions before I RB> do this: RB> RB> 1. Is it save to use lm_sensors on this laptop? I've seen warnings that RB> u

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Bret Waldow
> Cool, so you use LILO -> NT. I've seen a few documents which use the NT > boot loader to boot Linux and was not sure about which order was best. The older Lilo and NT bootloader tangled. I've used that scheme with NT. I have w2k on my T21, and at first I used the old scheme, but then just

Re: X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Thaler
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 06:43:17PM -, Ross Burton wrote: > partition, which is the strangest idea I've ever heard. What if I need to > rescue the machine because the disk crashed? As you can imagine, this is a > large partition (~750M) - does anyone know if it can be burnt onto a couple > of

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Ross Burton
> > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest > > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just resize > these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and install Linux. You can > safetly inst

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread cameron . kerr
Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > easiest > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just resize these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and instal

X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, I have just got my new X22 laptop (which rocks, btw) and am preparing to install Debian unstable on to it. However, I have a few questions before I do this: 1. Is it save to use lm_sensors on this laptop? I've seen warnings that using lm_sensors can damage the BIOS. 2. I would like to kee

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Ross Burton
> > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > > easiest > > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? > > Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just resize > these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and install Linux. You can > safetly ins

Re: [ltp] X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread cameron . kerr
Quoting Ross Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2. I would like to keep Win2K and duel boot to Linux. What is the > easiest > way to duel-boot a Linux/Win2K machine? Simple, if its like my A22m, there will be two FAT32 partitions. Just resize these (with Partition Magic, or something else), and insta

X22 issues

2001-12-15 Thread Ross Burton
Hi, I have just got my new X22 laptop (which rocks, btw) and am preparing to install Debian unstable on to it. However, I have a few questions before I do this: 1. Is it save to use lm_sensors on this laptop? I've seen warnings that using lm_sensors can damage the BIOS. 2. I would like to ke