Rescue-and-Recovery partition on new Thinkpad

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:01:27AM -0400, 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?

No, you don't need that stuff if you never intend to restore the windows
version.  You could generate DVD backups of the data using tools in
windows if you want.  It has no effect on the operation of the machine
itself.

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Len Sorensen
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