Re: Article Submission

One has to wonder if that might be a result from the Microsoft/Novel deal
eh? I would surely love to know that and if anyone is installing other
distros without issues with a final release Vista.

On 4/17/07, Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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