[ltp] Rescue partition needed?

Hendrik-Jan Heins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:12:25 +0200


just an addition:

you do need about 1 or 2 mb of free (unpartitioned) space on the disk
for the BIOS to load.

Hendrik-Jan

2007/10/26, Hendrik-Jan Heins <hjheins@gmail.com>:
> Having the cd's/ dvd's is enough, and it'll save you a couple of Gigs
> on the disk... ;-)
>
> Hendrik-Jan
>
> 2007/10/26, Kai Weber <kai.weber@glorybox.de>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a brand new T61 and want to install Linux (Debian) on it. I do
> > not want to use Windows, too.
> >
> > So, is the rescue partition needed or is it enough to have the
> > Rescue-CD/DVD in case if I need to reinstall Windows?
> >
> > Regards, Kai
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