From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 6 03:50:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3421316A4CE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:50:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from quintero.emmplus.ie (quintero.emmplus.ie [62.17.172.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F42D43FF3 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 03:50:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jev@ecad.org) Received: from ecad.org (manson.emmplus.ie [62.17.172.66]) by quintero.emmplus.ie (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF03CC9437; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:49:39 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <3FAA3663.5000304@ecad.org> Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:54:11 +0000 From: Jev User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rodperson@comcast.net References: <3FAA2761.8090808@ecad.org> <200311060618.59528.rodperson@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <200311060618.59528.rodperson@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thinkpad R40 freebsd preperation questions... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 11:50:44 -0000 Rod Person wrote: > On Thursday 06 November 2003 05:50 am, It was written: > > >>I have only heard of people using partition magic to do this, can I do >>this with fdisk, or other? > > > Hello, Hi :) > > I have an R40. I used partition magic to resize the partition, by far the > easiest way to resize a partition. But, just for completeness, fdisk shouldn't have any problem deleting the partitions and creating new ones for a reinstall of XP, and a new install of FreeBSD? I think this is obvious, but I want to be sure the hidden tracks and slices won't complicate things :) > > >>Does this partition have to be FAT32 or can I use NTFS? > > > It's been sometime since I've done this about 8 month or something, but I > believe that I told partition magic that the new partition would be used for > linux, IMO it doesn't matter if it fat32, dos or ext2 since freebsd will > reformat the partition anyway. Ah, I thought I read it at that the partition for XP would be formatted as FAT32, is our WinXP installed on a NTFS slice or other? > > >>After I reinstall XP on the newly created partition, I install FreeBSD, >>is it safe to install the freebsd boot manager just like one would on a >>normal pc, or will this disrupt IBM's hidden recovery partitions or >>other hidden things on the hard disk? > > > If you install the freebsd boot manager the hidden partition will show in the > boot menu, mine was F3. Pressing F3 will not boot it. The ACCESS IBM button > still works on boot to enable you to get into the bios and recovery menu. I can live with that :) >>One not so tech question (and, a XP question at that!! :), From what I >>have read on this and other lists, Thinkpads don't ship with a >>re-installation disk for XP, they have the "Recovery Partition" instead. >>It is my understanding that If I request the re-installation disk from >>IBM within the first 30 days I will get it free. Has anyone had success >>with getting their reinstall CDs with out extra charge from IBM? > > > It's true that you don't get a recovery cd. I didn't know you could get the cd > free within the first 30 days until I had the laptop for a few months. Also > the other software Lotus, DVD software etc is archived on the pc in a > directory called support. I ended up burning 3 CDs to keep the software on. > I also removed the recovery partition, but you'll want to think about that, it > all depends on how much you use XP - I only use it to play Morrowind so all > the windows stuff isn't too important to me. I think I will nuke the recovery slice if I get the cd, or If I can pull the bundled software off the recover slice and burn to CD as you have. Thanks for your help, -Jev > > HTH >