actually, the dell diagnostics are typically a self-booting CD. no need to install windows. I ran them the other day because my HD was starting to act weird, though no errors came up. sigh. - kevin On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:14:54 -0400 (EDT), Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 Andrew_Morgan@xxxxxxxx wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ow Mun Heng > > Sent: 17 August 2004 10:27 > > To: Fedora-List > > Subject: [OT] Dell D600 + NIC Troubles > .... > > Please help, Dell is giving me a *&^ of a time because I also Run Linux. > > i've had to deal with that nonsense several times over the last few > years. i've been the happy owner of both a 7500 and an 8100 inspiron, > but i always dread calling dell for tech support because, inevitably, > the first suggestion is to run the dell-supplied, windows-based > diagnostics. and when i point out that i'm not running windows, but > linux, there is a several second pause, at which point i am > *invariably* told that, well, i have to re-install the windows that > came with the system because we *need* to run those diagnostics. at > which point, i politely but *firmly* explain that we will be doing no > such thing, and that mr. dell person better listen really carefully to > what i'm trying to say. never fails. > > i'm not convinced that any of the major vendors is taking linux > seriously yet. not dell. and not, despite their massive financial > investment, ibm. exhibit A: today's "globe and mail", with big ibm > ad in business section, selling desktops and laptops, and prominent > writing "IBM recommends Microsoft Windows XP Professional for > Business." yes, i'm sure they have no choice, it's part of some kind > of arm-twisting microsoft licensing agreement, i suspect. > > good thing the US DOJ put such a smackdown on microsoft back then. > god only knows how they'd abuse their monopoly position if it weren't > for that. :-) > > anyway, the point is, despite all the "we like linux" happy talk from > the major vendors, if you run linux, you still have to fight to be > treated like a first-class citizen. > > rday > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
