Installing Windows Linux on new T105

[Art Alexion]

I wouldn't do that.  The partition is small (~35 MB).  Useful for
testing hardware failure, especially when calling for warranty service.
Your users will waste more than that on a few MP3s, a bloated graphic or
slide show.


On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 10:46 -0500, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
> I agree with Jeff that you can can the Diagnostics partition and all others.  I think Dell creates these partitions to run short diagnotic tests at the factory.  I also think it is rather irresponsible to leave this stuff around for sysadmins of the world to worry about.
> 
> Paul
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Larsen" <jlar310 at gmail.com>
> To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 2, 2008 4:13:00 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
> Subject: Re: Installing Windows & Linux on new T105
> 
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:
> > The PowerEdge T105 I bought just arrived,
> >  and I've been looking at the contents of the first disk with Knoppix.
> >  The system was bought without operating system,
> >  but I have installed a copy of Windows XP to look at the system.
> >  I would like to install Windows and Fedora Linux.
> >
> >  The first had 3 partitions originally:
> >  /dev/sda1 50MB,
> >  /dev/sda2 2GB
> >  /dev/sda3 Extended partition, the rest of the 80GB disk
> >
> >  As far as I can see, the first partition contains Dell utilities.
> >  I assume that it is intended for some kind of repair or rescue?
> >  Under Windows this first partition is not listed in My Computer
> 
> Yes, that's the Dell utility partition. It gets booted if you press a
> certain F-key during BIOS startup. Otherwise, it is not generally
> available to any installed OS.
> 
> >  The second partition seems to be a kind of vestigial operating system.
> >  Windows describes it as "OS (C:)".
> >  It contains files (or directories) System Vol, AUTOEXEC,
> >  boot.ini, bootsect,dos, CONFIG.SYS, IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS,
> >  NTDETECT, ntdir, pagefile.scp .
> 
> Was this a used machine? If you bought new from Dell with no OS, I am
> surprised at this. Though, your install of XP may have insisted on
> putting some boot files on that partition.
> 
> >  Windows was installed on /dev/sda5, or LOCAL DISK (E:) according to Windows.
> >
> >  I want to know if I can safely delete /dev/sda2
> >  or else copy it to the second 250GB disk?
> >  Could I also move /dev/sda1 to the second disk?
> >  Or must it remain where it is?
> 
> If you move the utility partition (sda1), I seriously doubt that the
> BIOS would be able to boot it when you press the designated F-key.
> 
> >  Assuming /dev/sda1 must remain where it is,
> >  I would like to delete /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda3,
> >  and create 30GB Windows partition at /dev/sda2,
> >  100MB Linux /boot partition at /dev/sda3,
> >  and 30GB Linux / at /dev/sda5 .
> >
> >  Can I do that?
> >  In particular can I safely delete of copy /dev/sda2?
> 
> Yes, if you intend to install your own operating system(s), you can
> reconfigure the disk any way you like. In fact, I tend to delete the
> Dell utility partition as well. I don't think there is much on it that
> can not be replicated by downloading a diagnostic CD image from Dell
> support. It may also have some bootstrap programs for assisting with
> installing 'supported' operating systems, but that's not essential
> either.
> 
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