[GLLUG] Laptop and RedHat

[Alec Warner]

Dave Rogers wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm a long time subscriber but a rare poster.
> I'm considering buying a laptop and setting it up as a dual boot for 
> XP Pro and RedHat.  I'm pretty green when it comes to HW issues and 
> installing RedHat.  I wanted to see if anyone had:
>
> 1) An opinion on laptop brands or hardware combinations (i.e. video) 
> that could help or hinder my effort (see below for specs I'm looking at)
> 2) When I buy the system and it has one big partition for XP, will 
> RedHat allow me to partition off a chunk for it during installation or 
> do I need to use some other program to carve out a partition prior to 
> installing Redhat.  I'm assuming that Redhat will let me setup the 
> system as a dual boot during the installation, is that right?

You should be able to use Parted to do this; although honestly I'd wipe 
it and repartition the drive, then reinstall both.

> I'm considering this Compaq laptop:
>
> X6000 Series
> P4/520/2.8GHz
> 17" WSXGA+ 1680x1050 (could step down to WXGA+ 1440x900)
> 512MB DDR2 400
> DVD +/-RW/R & CD-RW
> 64MB ATI X300 (could step up to 128MB ATI X600)

Wifi drives are often an issue.  Do you have experience with NDIS 
wrappers?  Is the Wifi in that laptop supported natively by the kernel?  
these are good things to check out.

> 54g wireless
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
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