Re: Pre-installation sanity check RH7.2 on Toshiba Tecra 8100

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Mon, 27 May 2002 19:32:16 +0200
"Colin J. Raven" <duiker haggis nl> wrote:

> Esteemed fellow list members,
> I want to finally kick Windows off my laptop, install RH and
> "CrossOver Office"  (http://www.codeweavers.com/home/ ) for those
> still essential MS business apps. Here's my (probably usual) dilemma.
> This laptop is used for business and personal purposes **every day**,
> so it can't be down pending resolution of some minor-but-baffling
> installation glitch. I would like to post the system specs to see if
> any of the gurus out there can foresee a problem with the hardware. So
> here goes. Apologies if this is long, but I truly need to be sure. I
> don't want to have to give up and reinstall Win2K.

<SNIP>

I don't really have an answer. I only used linux on one laptop a long
time ago (RH4.2 to be exact). I don't take too kindly to laptops myself,
so I don't spend too much time looking into specs to see what will/won't
work. But, maybe there's another way that will give you a fallback
position.

Not sure if this is feasible. But what about installing another drive
and putting it all together on that? Then if you have problems, you can
always switch the drive back and continue on as you've been doing. Plus,
if it mostly works but has an issue or two, you can change the linux
drive out to do business and switch it back in to see about fixing
whatever problems still exist.

-- 
Elvis would agree with me. But he has dirt in his mouth.