[OT] My laptop is heavier

[Leon Goldstein]

vu pham wrote:

> james at jamesmcdonald.id.au wrote:
>
>>> Going off fat-free is not easy. Yesterday I were trying to reinstall XP
>>> onto a notebook that had FC. The XP DVD just booted from the DVD then
>>> showing just a blank screen for ever ( at least up to 30 minutes ).
>>> Tried again with RHEL, FC, Knoppix DVDs, all booted fine.
>>>
>>> Swapping the harddrive did not help. ( The 2nd hard drive also has 
>>> Linux
>>> there ).
>>>
>>> I wiped out the whole drive with /dev/zero then XP could be installed.
>>> It looks like XP does not like those fat-free material.
>>
>>
>> I have had this issue before. I think I just deleted all the partitions
>> and may have(can't remember) blatted the MBR and I think from then on it
>> booted OK.
>>
>> Annoying time waster when you first come up against it.
>>
>
> I did boot back to FC, deleted the partitions, and partprobe'd to be 
> sure the partitions were gone then re-booted but that did not help. 
> But I forgot to clear the MBR.
>
> Vu

I have yet to get any version of FC I have tried to create a partition 
for its installation on a drive with other OS's (Linux, Win, Solaris 10) 
installed.
Invariably  I have to  create or resize a partition with  Knoppix or  
another Linux  before  installing FC.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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