On 10/14/05, Pete Theisen <petet@acun.com> wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
> > Folks, Going to purchase a new laptop, I need something that is
> > rugged, and prefer those that run off of 15v power supplies (toshiba,
> > IBM and some others) rather than the 18 or 19v power supples that are
> > common with other products (I am talking about the voltage from the
> > power cube to the laptop, most are either 15v, 16v or 18/19v power.
> > The 15 volt computers will run directly off of automotive 13.8 (which
> > usually runs a bit more than 14v DC) with no conversion needed.
> >
> > I plan to run Linux on one partition and windows on a second ( to
> > support some stuff that I need but have not got a Linux solution to)
> > Most of my work will be on the Linux side.
>
> Hi Chuck!
>
> No one mentioned it yet, but when I set mine up the group told me to
> have a third partition formatted in fat32 for files that need to be used
> in both Linux and in the Great Satan. This has turned out to be good advice.
>
Yes I had the company machine set up that way. I had XP on NTFS SuSE
on Reiser, and I had a fat32 for a common area. Though SuSE could read
the NTFS side, and I was about to put in the driver to allow it to write to it.
-- Chuck Hast To paraphrase my flight instructor; "the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted metal."----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
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