[ltp] recovery partition

[Tino Keitel]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 16:47:26 +0300, dim wrote:
> Hi,
> what is the exact purpose of ibm's recovery partition? Does it only 
> store recovery information or are applications (ibm's fingerprint 
> software and etc) also stored on and run from it? What I'm asking is if 

AFAIK it's only for recovery purposes.

> I remove the partition, will all ibm's applications function properly? 
> If not, is there a way to install linux on a thinkpad (t43) without 
> breaking the recovery partition?

I would call IBM so ask for recovery CDs (tell them that you have
problems with the recovery procedure) so you don't have to waste
space on your hard disk.

Regards,
Tino