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    M1530, OpenSuse 11.0, and Partitioning...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by boxybrown, Jun 20, 2008.

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    I'll admit I am a Linux noob and have only really experimented with Linux in virtual machines but I wanted to see if anyone has been able to single boot or dual boot the new opensuse 11.0 OS that just came out.

    I can probably follow a guide or let the automatic installer do everything flawlessly but the only concern I can't seem to find an answer to is, how can I setup a single or dual boot environment w/o losing the dell utility partition?

    My personal goal is to get Linux installed as a the sole OS on my M1530 and not lose that utility partition Dell has set up since I don't know if it's possible to recover that partition once it's gone.

    Any help and personal experience is appreciated.
     
    boxybrown, Jun 20, 2008
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