[OT] Dell D600 + NIC Troubles
Ow Mun Heng
Ow.Mun.Heng at wdc.com
Thu Aug 19 01:52:20 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 20:14, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 Andrew_Morgan at Dell.com wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ow Mun Heng
> > Sent: 17 August 2004 10:27
> > To: Fedora-List
> > Subject: [OT] Dell D600 + NIC Troubles
> ...
> > Please help, Dell is giving me a *&^ of a time because I also Run Linux.
>
> i've had to deal with that nonsense several times over the last few
> years. i've been the happy owner of both a 7500 and an 8100 inspiron,
I've also been a happy owner of a D600 over the last year. It was to my
horror that a multimedia keys problem ended up as More Mottherboard
Issues.
> but i always dread calling dell for tech support because, inevitably,
> the first suggestion is to run the dell-supplied, windows-based
> diagnostics. and when i point out that i'm not running windows, but
> linux, there is a several second pause, at which point i am
> *invariably* told that, well, i have to re-install the windows that
> came with the system because we *need* to run those diagnostics.
Which is why, my advice is for anyone that has a Dell, to keep a windows
Partition or a Independent Windows HD lying around.
The support person I talked to even went to say..." We support only
Windows in a _Single_ Boot environment"
What the &$#@?? I know you don't support Linux, I'm not expecting you
to!! I just want my hardware issues resolved!
> at
> which point, i politely but *firmly* explain that we will be doing no
> such thing, and that mr. dell person better listen really carefully to
> what i'm trying to say. never fails.
Hmm.. Got to try that sometimes.
> i'm not convinced that any of the major vendors is taking linux
> seriously yet. not dell.
I know dell's definately not into it.
> and not, despite their massive financial
> investment, ibm. exhibit A: today's "globe and mail", with big ibm
> ad in business section, selling desktops and laptops,
IBM is a different matter. but since they're not shipping Linux with
their laptops, not much can be said. I'll like to see how HP performs.
I rather not have crappy Company Policy that they need windows to
Provide Support.
Isn't there some kind of anti-trust issues with this? Where's the
freedom?
> and prominent
> writing "IBM recommends Microsoft Windows XP Professional for
> Business." yes, i'm sure they have no choice, it's part of some kind
> of arm-twisting microsoft licensing agreement, i suspect.
I'm sure you are right
--
Ow Mun Heng
Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 on D600 1.4Ghz CPU kernel
2.6.7-2.jul1-interactive
Neuromancer 00:02:01 up 17 min, 1 user, load average: 0.40, 0.36, 0.28
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