> loading Linux about as simple as loading win-98. FDISK in DOS is a crummy
> software designed to keep users from trashing their hard drives. Fdisk in
> Linux is a tool that you CAN trash your hard drive.
>
Right ! :-) :-)
> drives. We use this when the company I work for is making computers. I
> expect it's used by Dell too. If the motherboards are about the same as
> the Master hard drive was loaded, the many slave hard drives come up in
> seconds working fine. Ghost works only with IDE drives.
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> Hard to believe but you CAN I am certain mass produce computers
> with Linux on them. This solves the basic problem. And we can sell a Linux
> only machine for $83.00 less than a win-98 version.
FYI, down here in France, DELL offers a RedHat ready PC line, préinstalled
just as a std WIN9x/NT computer.
DELL can sell to corporations a WIN9x/NT PC with any MS product (office,etc)
the company wants preinstalled. A big gvt research organisation in France
asked DELL if they would offer Linux préinstalled PCs, as they've choosen
this platform in lieu of the SUN/HP/DECstations. The research org (CNRS)
provided DELL a configured PC, and now DELL just clones the PC to suit
the needs.
To buy a windows free PC is feasible, you need a minimun volume to convince
the manufacturer.
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