From: Conor Daly (conor.daly at domain met.ie)
Date: Tue 19 Jun 2001 - 13:50:51 IST
On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 01:30:16PM +0100 or thereabouts, Gary Pigott wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brendan Halpin" <brendan.halpin at domain ul.ie>
> To: <kenn at domain bluetree.ie>
> Cc: <ilug at domain linux.ie>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] networking a laptop
>
>
> > Kenn Humborg <kenn at domain bluetree.ie> writes:
> >
> > > For the last year or so, OEMs have not been shipping
> > > _install_ CDs for Windows. They are shipping _recovery_
> > > CDs.
> >
> > Yes, that's the case.
>
> Nope...that isn't the case. Microsoft require OEMs to lock the windows setup
> program to a vendor ID string in the BIOS.
> Most OEMs (including Dell) ship a locked OS install CD and a drivers CD.
>
> You can install just the OS on a partition of your choosing and dual boot,
> but you will not be able to install the OS in a vmware virtual PC, becaure
> the vmware BIOS doesn't say "Dell".
However, vmware will run an os from the os's *own* HD partition so, you can
have vmware run your W2k OS.
Conor
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