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Mike,<br>
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So you want to keep the factory recovery partition on a CD and then
reformat the disk to install Linux on the whole thing? I think those
factory recovery partitions sometimes depend on special support from
the BIOS. Are you sure that your BIOS isn't integrally involved in the
recovery procedure for your system? My point is that maybe to
"recover" the system, the recovery partition has to exist and be right
where it is now; having the files on the CD wouldn't work if the BIOS
is looking on the disk.<br>
<br>
Sorry I'm not more help,<br>
Jim <br>
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Mike Bean wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTimrpq7woL=GPOs-zpFGx51_xDf88KPyCyryomvL@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi. I'm experimenting with nuking my drive completely and
loading linux across the whole thing, but I'm not really sure about
proper technique. I thought I'd ask the mailing list for advice.
Currently I'm experimenting with using clonezilla to image the
partition and mkisofs to .iso the image files. Although, frankly, I'd
appreciate advice if I'm missing something obvious or if there's a
better technique available.<br>
<br>
Bean<br>
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