[ltp] pre-installation advice?

[Kevin Krause]

Hello,
I can only tell from my experience with an X31, but it's a good thing
_not_ to boot the box before installing Linux, because the disk is
formatted as VFAT and will be automatically converted to NTFS the first
time you boot. There's some app in the Startup Items that converts the
disk which you'd want to remove then. As for generally booting XP before
installing Linux, it doesn't seem to make any difference, apart from
mentioned FS conversion.
Regards,
Kevin


>
> Hi everyone. I ordered a T40 today, should be here sometime next week. I
> plan on dual booting the shipped XP Pro and SuSE 9.1. With that in mind,
> before booting the laptop for the first time, is there anything I should
> know? Would it be best to resize the NTFS partition before booting into XP
> for the first time, or does it not matter?
>
> Also, do Thinkpads usually come with some kind of recovery/reimage CD or
> DVD, or is that on a hard disk partition somewhere, or do I have to order
> one separately?
>
>
> Thanks