One thing to keep in mind on this, I had a friend who purchased a compaq laptop from compusa and when he called compaq for support, they found out he wanted to repartition and install linux, they told him that if he removed the preinstalled OS or modified the partitions in anyway it would void his warrenty with compaq. Just an FYI Dan -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Olwe Melwasul Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:56 PM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: [TCLUG] Linux on Laptop I have a new Compaq Presario 2100 laptop and I'd like to put Fedora 2 on it, maybe blow HomeXP totally off it. I got it at Best Buy and tried to ask them about putting Linux on it. They punted, but mentioned how there might be a problem since maybe the BIOS was actually mixed in somehow with the XP installation--but they weren't sure. In other words, put it on at your own risk. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of issue? Olwe _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list