[linux-laptop] Sony vgn-sz110 dual boot problem

[Eugen Melinte]

At 04:41 PM 4/30/2006 -0400, arda coskunses wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I bought a new Sony VGN-SZ110 Laptop.
>I want to install Suse 10.0 OS.
>In this model the hard drives first 6 GB part is seperated as recovery part,
>and i am not sure that, lilo of linux is going to write something over
>this part.

Dell has the same feature - a partition with diagnostics tools.  grub installed fine, I can boot any of the tool partition, Win, and Linux.

A backup image of the whole drive before installing would be wise - boot Knoppix or Kanotix and see qtparted, parted and partimage. 

Regards
a.