From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Subject: Re: Re: ACER Aspire 5000 <- Will these bios bugs ever be fixed? Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:15:10 +0200 Message-ID: <4315832E.6040005@gmx.net> References: <20050829180845.98096.qmail@web81605.mail.yahoo.com> <1125475314.3594.8.camel@linux> <1125478354.20251.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1125478354.20251.5.camel-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org> Sender: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: acpi-devel-admin-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Erik Slagter Cc: Hans Kristian Rosbach , acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Erik Slagter schrieb: > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:01 +0200, Hans Kristian Rosbach wrote: > > >>I did contact Acer and ask them to just apply some easy fixes >>for the Ferrari 4005 battery detection. The reply I got was >>very surprising. Basicly she told me they don't want my >>business if I use anything other than windows. > > > Dell is even worse. If you tell them you run Linux on your laptop they > will try to convince you it may damage your hardware and you won't get > any guarantee whatsoever etc. (this in reply to a simple purely hardware > based question) There are enough programs available for windows which can damage hardware just fine. Besides that, it is impossible to determine whether Linux ever was installed on such a machine if you make a backup of the harddisk before the first boot and restore that backup if problems appear. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf