[NCLUG] compaq 1750 dual boot?

[Daniel Herrington]

Michael,

Thanks.  For now, I went ahead and installed RH7.2 by itself.  I don't
really need Windows anyway.  And the sleep function seems to work fine
in Xwindows, just pressing the power button to toggle it on and off.

BTW, I had tried Partition Magic 3.0, but it claimed that the windows
partition was FAT32x instead of FAT32.  It wouldn't let me resize the
partition, presumably since it wasn't a true FAT32 one.

Daniel


On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:28:40 -0600
Michael Dwyer <mdwyer at sixthdimension.com> wrote:

> dherr at frii.com wrote:
> > Does anyone happen to have a Compaq Armada 1750 or similar?
> > If so, how do I get it to dual boot Linux and Windows?  When
> > I try to set up my partitions and then reinstall Win95, it
> > only gives me the option of "format & restore," which just
> > repartitions the drive as one big Win95 disk (and a 14MB
> > diagnostic tools partition).
> 
> Oh, I am sooo sorry...  :)
> 
> Many of those OEM machines ship with an 'image' disk, and not a true,
> installable version of Windows.  So, you can only reinstall on the exact
> same hardware, and you cannot make any installation choices.
> 
> You MIGHT be able to install the windows, then use Partition Magic (or
> similar tool) to move around the windows partition to make room for
> Linux.  Otherwise, a better option is to go find a full copy of Windows
> and install from that.  Of course, in that case, all the specialized
> drivers for the laptop have to be located an installed...
> 
> Doncha just love Windows?