Rescue-and-Recovery partition on new Thinkpad

[Jason Shaw]

Burning the DVD seems like the best option to me as you aren't wasting hard
drive space or having to jump through hoops to boot your OS.

-jason

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Digimer <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> 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.
>
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