My initial response is that you have too many partitions, which just
over-complicates matters. No, I am not saying it is wrong. It's just that
things get really complicated with extended partitions. Of course, I should
also fully disclose the fact that I dislike extended partitions and all of
the
At 9:53 PM -0400 6/4/01, Caitlyn M. Martin wrote:
>Point taken. However, those Librettos are older technology. Many of the
>major manufacturers (IBM, Sony, HP, Compaq, Dell, and Toshiba at least) now
>certify at least some of their desktop and/or laptop models as 100% Linux
>compatible. In some
Hi, Mary,
Yes, I've gotten Windows NT to share a large extended partition with both
Linux and OS/2. Here's the catch: I cheated. I used Partition Magic to
setup the partitions the way I wanted, and used OS/2's Boot Manager to
select the OS. LILO lived on the first sector of the Linux partiti
On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:26:24AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, Mary,
>
> Yes, I've gotten Windows NT to share a large extended partition with both
> Linux and OS/2. Here's the catch: I cheated. I used Partition Magic to
> setup the partitions the way I wanted, and used OS/2's Boot Ma
Caitlyn Martin said:
I'm going to tackle this from two angles: First, 90% of computer users
can't
install *any* operating system. They buy their system with the OS
preinstalled. This is why getting Linux-based systems into stores is so
critical. IMHO, the semi-savvy non-geeks who actually try
>
> I'm going to tackle this from two angles: First, 90% of computer users
> can't
> install *any* operating system. They buy their system with the OS
> preinstalled. This is why getting Linux-based systems into stores is so
> critical. IMHO, the semi-savvy non-geeks who actually try to insta
Check out GNOME. It has a wide range of things available and Ximian's
new set up tools and Red Carpet make installation easy.
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On Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:49:05 -0700 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How many tech support departments are going to switch
> their company over to a system that requires all the
> work of installing, and then walking all the users
> through how to use the new system a million times? It's
> an uphi
two isps i know of support linux as far as tech support goes ..
abe
> > How many tech support departments are going to switch
> > their company over to a system that requires all the
> > work of installing, and then walking all the users
> > through how to use the new system a million times?
At 3:47 PM -0400 6/5/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi yet again Michelle :)
>
>This has been a really good running dialogue, hasn't it?
Indeed it has!
One comment about the issue relating to the default installation of
lots of stuff in Linux distros. One problem is that unless the folks
putti
in response to the idea of bringing linux into the mainstream ... i've
found that LUG participation focuses in almost all cases primarily on this
cause. the majority of time i've spent at lug meetings has been educating
the new comers to linux or else thinking of ways to invite more people.
one
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