Rescue-and-Recovery partition on new Thinkpad

[Jamon Camisso]

On 09/15/2010 12:10 PM, Digimer wrote:
> On 10-09-15 11:01 AM, Daniel Wayne Armstrong wrote:
>> I ordered a new Thinkpad X201 and when it arrives I will erase Windows
>> from the drive and install Debian as the sole OS.
>>
>> My original plan was simply to boot the machine straight into the
>> Debian installer via usbstick, erase the drive, setup my Debian
>> installation and install GRUB to the MBR. But I have been reading
>> about the "Rescue and Recovery" partition and the ThinkVantage button
>> on new Thinkpads... specifically:
>>
>> http://www.pbandjelly.org/2010/07/debian-squeeze-on-a-thinkpad-x201/
>> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_Button
>>
>> If I have no intention of running a dual-boot Windows/Linux system...
>> is there any advantage to preserving the rescue-recovery partition and
>> leaving the MBR untouched (installing GRUB to /boot instead) on the
>> new Thinkpads?
>>
>> Thanks!
> 
> What I did, in case I ever needed to return to windows (warranty or
> resale) was to boot in to windows, run the "Make DVD" tool which creates
> the recovery media and then wipe the drive and installed Linux.
> 
> That way, the option is always there to "fall back" to windows, should
> the unseen need arise, without wasting any disk space.

I burn the DVD too, then I backup my recovery partition to a compressed
dd image. Use the partition for / /var and /usr. The other partition I
allocate for /home.

Jamon
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