netinstall ext3, lilo, apm and acpi
Hi,
In three days I'm getting my (first) laptop: an IBM R40 high model.
Because exams are in a month I do not have the time to spend much time
on configuring the beast. So I am already looking out for info.
I know the laptop will come with winXP on it (ntfs for sure) and with
a hidden partion at the end for recovery.
First I thought of installing the latest mandrake to get started fast
and after exams install Debian (my only distro now). But then again I
rather use debian because of the apt-get magic.
So Debian it is.
Because the laptop comes with only a DVD/CDROM player I will have to
install from CDROM. I will first start with a netinstall booted from
CDROM. Does anybody know a iso with ext3 support?
Also, will it be possible to resize ntfs partitions with cfdist/fdisk?
I want to shrink the winxp partion so I can use the laptop when the
install doesn't work at once. What with lilo? Do thinkpads work with
lilo. I haven't set up a dualboot ever...
I read on several pages that acpi is needed to do the hibernation
thing. If I want to use hibernation I should put a fat32 partion on
the laptop. Right? But what is the difference with apm and acpi?
Apm doesn't hibernate, but I don't think I need it in the beginning.
If I'm correct hibernate let's you supend your laptop and when you use
it again everythings the same as before you suspend? I don't
understand what they mean with suspend with acpi and apm. What's the
difference?
Could someone explain me what apm/acpi does?
Thanks in advance for answering these questions ;)
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