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Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:05:18 PST8
From:	"Jon Harrison" <jharrison@seadog.reno.nv.us >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Dell PC has arrived - now for the customization with eCS!

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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:19:58 PST8, Colin Campbell wrote:

>Do you mean before installing any OS, or before installing eCS or OS/2?
>It sounds like you're telling me that I should just blow away the entire
>C: drive and start over. If so, how would you recommend doing that?
>Would I use PM to get started, then use LVM once I've re-gen'ed WinXP?

FWIW, several months ago I bought a Dell Dimension 3000 and blew
away the drive. It had a similiar config to what you posted.
IIRC, the Dell Utility partition will allow you to reinstall the
XPHome that is in the hidden partition. Since I blew it all way I
don't recall the details. I just stuck in the eCS CD and told it
to format the drive. Later on I also installed Suse on the drive.
I didn't expect the integrated sound to work, and it doesn't.
Other than that I'm satisfied considering the price I paid.

For fooling around with XP I use VPC client running under OS/2. A
bit slow but I don't have to reboot. Someday I may get around to
using SVista but I already have a working vpc solution so have not
made an attempt to try SVista.

Jon

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