Re: Article Submission

Dazed_75 wrote:

> I have written a HowTo article on setting up Linux and Vista in a dual
> boot environment.  While it used to be trivial for previous versions of
> Windows and remained easy with Vista through RC1, a change in the final
> release made dual booting Vista and Linux non-trivial.  The article can
> be viewed here:
>      http://www.svecc.com/Slug%20PDF/DualBootVista.pdf

>
> I was hoping to submit the article for review and use to the PLUG site
> as a PDF file. I looked over the site and the link to contribute seems
> to be broken. The Submit News link is there but I was not sure if it
> was the right place and when I closed that browser tab, I got a request
> (from the site?) to do something but was not able to as the tab closed.
>
> 1) Should I submit it and how?
> 2) Did I leave any undone business at the site with my failed attempt?
> 3) Any comments or suggestions for the article?

Thanks for the article and the submission. I'll go check to see if
anything needs cleaning up, but I doubt it. The Downloads section is
nicely broken still. A significant annoyance. For now, please keep it
at the ready to offer to people when needed. If you cannot continue to
host it, the group can provide some place, as well as I would be happy
to do so.

Very nice article! That took some time to research and document so
nicely. A superb contribution to the group and the community at large.

As a counter-experience, I recently installed OpenSUSE 10.2 on my new
laptop that came pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Basic. Straight
out of the Toshiba box from Best Buy I had to do nothing special and the
Linux installer configured GRUB just fine. I have a coworker who bought
another Toshiba laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium and installed the
same way, no issues.

I do not repeat these stories to discount your hard won experience and
excellent document. I only point out that the problems you describe did
not happen to me, with an OEM install of Windows Vista. Either the
OpenSUSE 10.2 installer is smart enough to work around it or some
computer makers are installing Vista in such a way that it does not
cause the problem. Or, something else. ;^)

Alan


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