Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 10:50:09 +0000 From: Jev <jev@ecad.org> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: thinkpad R40 freebsd preperation questions... Message-ID: <3FAA2761.8090808@ecad.org>
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Hi All, I'm awaiting delivery of a IBM ThinkPad R40 2722, and I have a few questions in preparation for installing FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE. The unit is going to come with WinXP PRO pre-installed, I wish to run both XP FreeBSD. I have read about IBM's "recovery partition" and I understand that I need to delete the main XP partition and create a new smaller partition for XP. I have only heard of people using partition magic to do this, can I do this with fdisk, or other? Does this partition have to be FAT32 or can I use NTFS? 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? 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? Thanks, -Jev
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