[ILUG] Before I install Linux?

[John Madden]

On (09/09/02 17:05), Conor Daly didst pronounce:
> > > 1. Dell utility		 70Mb	Don't delete this
> > Why not Conor?  I removed this from my latitude day 1 and never noticed
> > any ill effects (unless you call nearly losing the MD's personal data
> > ill).  What's it for and am I going to wish I still had it sometime?
> 
> I've no idea.  That's pretty much why I said not to delete it :-)  I'm
> assuming there's not an easy way to repopulate it and that it won't
> interfere with the rest of the installation...
> 
I think it's generally just diagnostic utilities which can be easily
downloaded from the dell website and put on floppies if you need them.
I'd check it out first though because I'm not 100% sure.

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Chat ya later,

John.
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