Re: Debian on a Dell 4150?
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Hi,
On Thursday 05 September 2002 7:30 pm, Spiros Kapetanakis wrote:
> lot of info scattered all over the show out there but I haven't seen
> any info on the Inspiron 4150. The reason why I chose it is because
Just google for "inspiron 4150 linux" or try linux-laptop.net.
> other people with different Inspirons have managed to get everything
> working (with the possible exception of the modem). I compared the
> other specs and it seems that I should at least be able to get X,
> sound, DVD playback and CD writing working. It may be a little harder
> with the modem and network card.
Modem might be a pain, I would have thought network card should be easy.
> 1. How do I resize the other operating system's partition (it's the XP
> variety) without having to reinstall? The only reason why I need to do
> this instead of just wiping out completely is so because I don't really
> want to fiddle with the other OS, I wouldn't know where to start. When I
> get everything working under Linux, I'm going to wipe the other OS anyway.
AFAIK there's no free software capable of resizing ntfs partitions, you'll
have to obtain something like Partition Magic :(
> 3. I typically have different partitions for /, /boot, /usr,
> /usr/local, /home, /tmp and /var. Should I do this with my laptop or
> should I stick with one big partition and a swap partition? Is it
> advisable to have multiple partitions on a laptop?
Don't see why not.
> 4. Is there anyone out there that has installed Debian on an Inspiron
> 4150? What did you do about this hibernate partition that I hear
> people talking about?
I have a similair question regarding for a Inspiron 2650 that I've recently
ordered :)
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