I wasn't allowed to touch it until certain household tasks were completed. After that I got started on IVAO and so it's been sitting here crying out to be put together for far too long. It'll happen.. bones -----Original Message----- From: jhb_airlines-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb_airlines-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill Sent: 14 September 2007 17:17 To: jhb_airlines@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb_airlines] Re: Disposable Society Is the new PC related to the elephant? The gestation period.......................... Gerry Winskill bones wrote: >I never said anything about moving to Linux... > >Many weeks ago I suggested I might put Linux on the PC I am building >but I haven't got that far yet. > >bones > >-----Original Message----- >From: jhb_airlines-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:jhb_airlines-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of franklyn fisher >Sent: 14 September 2007 17:00 >To: jhb_airlines@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [jhb_airlines] Re: Disposable Society > > >Bones > >I believe a bootable Live Linux CD will allow you to reformat the >drive, and > >partition it. > >Mike should be able to point you in the right direction. > >You could set up a FAT partition from it. > >Myself, I use partition magic, but that runs under windows, but I can >set up > >partitions in any format, including Linux. > >But you would need to source the laptop drivers etc first. > >FF > > > > > > > > > > >