[vox-tech] Anyone have experience with Windows XP & Linux on a Laptop?

[Larry Ozeran]

Thanks for the details. They will be very helpful.

-- Larry

At 10:20 AM 12/11/02 -0800, you wrote:
>I have a Compaq Presario 715US which I bought in April and now have dual 
>boot WinXP / Redhat-8.0.  Compaq/HP only supports WinXP on this machine, 
>but I imagine all the hardware warranties are still valid.  I had 
>several hardware compatibility issues, the most major being ACPI support 
>(no APM on this machine).  However, because it is a high volume model 
>laptop, I found tons of howtos and previous experiences on the web, 
>including custom kernel configurations.  I am sure that no matter what 
>laptop you buy, you can make it work with Linux.  Some may just take 
>more work than others.
>
>One recommendation:  partition your hardrive into 3 parts: 1 for WinXP, 
>1 for Linux (including boot and swap, etc.), and 1 as FAT32 for files 
>you want to see by both OS's.  I read that NTFS writing is still 
>unstable in Linux.  If you only have a disk image for WinXP (as I did), 
>you indeed will have trouble partitioning first and then installing 
>WinXP.  In that case you can use the latest version of Partition magic, 
>which now can re-partition NTFS and Ext3, along with everything else.
>
>Jonathan
>
>
>Larry Ozeran wrote:
>
>>Thanks to everyone for all of your suggestions. :)
>>
>>To clarify, I have _not_ bought the laptop yet. I was looking for questions
>>to ask before a purchase. You have supplied me with many, thank you.
>>
>>I had not considered disk swapping. I had planned to store all dictations
>>on the windows partition, which could then be read by the Linux software
>>(and do batch updates since reboots would be required to switch OS'). I
>>suppose if I used a Zip or USB storage device to transfer data, swapping
>>hard disks (and rebooting) could also work. (Anyone have good results with
>>the USB keychain storage devices under both Linux and Windows?)
>>
>>As extensive as linux-on-laptops is, I could not find EXACT model identifer
>>matches to the models I found available for purchase. (DELL Inspiron 4100
>>listed, but 4150 being sold; eight Sony Vaio PCG-R505 models on the web
>>site, but none that I found available for sale.) I guess it's still caveat
>>emptor and hope that the salesperson I ask questions about systems knows
>>what they are talking about (winmodems, IRQ conflicts, graphics cards,
>>PCMCIA).
>>
>>Did anyone have problems with warranty issues after converting to a dual
>>boot laptop? Any problems with reinstalling Windows after repartitioning
>>the drive (i.e. only had a CDROM image and not a true install)?
>>(I presume that both of these issues would go away if I choose the "swap
>>hard disks" recommendation.)
>>  
>>
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