From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 11 14:03:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9D3F1065688 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:03:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F06F98FC19 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:03:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.194]) by fallbackmx06.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m9B1R7QC031175 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:07 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m9B1R4tK021840 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:05 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9B1R45f018701; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:04 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m9B1R37B018700; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:03 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:27:03 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20081011012703.GE18237@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20081010234314.GA54139@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081010234314.GA54139@thought.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: FreeBSD Mobile Mailing List Subject: Re: ThinkPad 3GHz [[ alledgedly]] X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:03:28 -0000 --tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2008-Oct-10 16:43:17 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > I just bought the last pre-Lenovo [?] IBM ThinkPad. I would have > much preferred the computer *without* an OS, but hell will freeze > over before that happens. Nutshell, it's got XP on it and I'd > like to know if I can scrape it off and either give or sell it. It should have either been supplied with recovery disks or have embedded software that will allow you to build recovery disks. Unfortunately, the latter mechanism will require you to complete the XP install process before you can create the recovery disks. Also, my understanding (IANAL and TINLA) is that the XP license you have is not transferrable so you would not be able to legally give/sell it to someone else and I also believe the license key is linked to the hardware configuration and may not work on (eg) a whitebox desktop. I suggest you read the fine print in the EULA before attempting to sell it. > So: should I just drop in 7.1-R or Ubuntu-XYZ over the Windows > or what? The ONLY use I'd ever have to use W is to play my > French CD's. O/wise it's useless. Your other approach is to shrink the XP partition (Knoppix includes suitable tools or you can search the Internet) and put FreeBSD (or Ubuntu - but this is a FreeBSD list) on the rest of the disk. I used this approach on a HP laptop and managed to shoe-horn XP into 5GB (though if you actually want to use it, you'd be better off with a bit more space). --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjwAOcACgkQ/opHv/APuIco9QCglqj65eVXaWOY8X6EEFFPVvAb 3pkAn02u9ZbZlyFfEG2DdWuVr2LaqAwW =+qt/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tDYGg60iReQ7u8wj--