Re: netinstall ext3, lilo, apm and acpi
On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 13:02, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> 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?
The LordSutch.com netinst boot-cd's (45MB and 185 MB) have ext3 support
if you boot with a 2.4 kernel (isolinux option bf24)
> 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
I have no idea... safest bet is to use partition magic... I'm sure some
googling / p2p-ing will find you a copy...
> install doesn't work at once. What with lilo? Do thinkpads work with
> lilo. I haven't set up a dualboot ever...
I don't see why not... but I prefer grub any day...
> 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?
I don't use acpi... never worked for me (probably because I have a
really crappy no-name laptop)
APM works... but only suspend to memory... so it eats power (less then 5
hours on my beast)
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