Richard Smoot wrote:
> What userid and password do you use to just boot this disk?
> I find all kinds of stuff on installing it, but I just wanted to try
> it first on the refurb T43 Thinkpad i got my wife. I like to repartition
> with a live cd session before I do the install.
> I just can not find anything about using the disk in live mode.
>
> Richard Smoot
>
Richard, I recently completed a laptop makeover using Debian "Lenny"
network install. I never tried Suse but had issues with Ubuntu and
several others. I wrote about this in two installments:
http://cypressweb.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=44
http://cypressweb.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=44
The idea of using Debian came from here:
http://www.deviceguru.com/lenny-lights-up-an-old-laptop/
Hope these links help and good luck,
Stew
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