You´re welcome. ;)

Give the linux forum here a shot... 

I can´t help you with Red Hat, but I can tell you Ubuntu works perfectly.

The 8.04 version detected all the hardware on my XPS M1530 no problem. The only problem I ran into was the Nvidia driver for the 8600M GT, which i gave up trying to install.

Can´t help you about the Dell wireless card (I´ve an Intel 4965AGN) best to try the linux forum here for that one. 

Hi all, :smileytongue:

I have vista installed on my lappy which apparently i despise as i prefer good old XP. The main reason i want Xp is to dual boot with some flavor of linux(Guess it is going to be a lot of pain to have it with Vista). For this the drivers which i received are all Vista specific and so i have to download drivers for XP. Can somebody please suggest where do i find the drivers for my system.

Laptop

XPS M1530 - Intel T5750 2.0 GHz, 3GB 667MHz DDR2 8600M GT, 250GB 7200rpm HD

This thread here should solve your Vista Problems. :smileyhappy:

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=Tech_Talk_XPS_Laptop&message.id=10029&query.id=122583#M10029

No Problem. :smileyhappy:

You can tri-boot your system with Linux. If you want to use XP and Vista together you will have to jump through a few hoops. As of now I'm still trying to set my XPS up. mfinnan101would be the man to help you to get where you want to go.

Hey thanks a lot:smileytongue:

You are a lifesaver dude...well so did you happen to find the bluetooth driver yet?

And is there a way i can keep vista and install some flavor of linux. That was the main reason for me to go for XP. I guess the bootloader for vista is different and so there could be a problem in having dual boot. Is that true?

Laptop

XPS M1530 - Intel T5750 2.0 GHz, 3GB 667MHz DDR2 8600M GT, 250GB 7200rpm HD

Hi :smileyhappy:

I have vista already installed on my laptop. I want to have either Ubuntu or Fedora as well. In order to do this i was looking at various options.

Either dual boot with vista or remove vista and then have XP and linux.

Can you please suggest me how could i dual boot with vista? Any link for helping me do this could be of great help to me.

I was said you were the right person to help me out with this.. I see you have dual boot with XP....but is it not possible to have it with vista .....can you please help me :smileyindifferent:

Google is your friend....

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=dual+boot+linux+and+vista&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

Try out one of those guides and if you have any problems, drop back here.. ;) 

Hi,

edmin: you can put all the os you want into your HD. At this moment I have in my XPS1530: Vista, DOS, XP, OSX, Mandriva.

If you want Vista+xp+linux, google have some tutos.

easy way:

You need to delete one partition (restore may be) resize Vista partition (for xp and linux), create primary partittion, install XP, repair mbr with vista DVD, resize and move partition media manager (this is a extended partition), install linux you want (here you tell linux to install grub into mbr it work very well con vista an XP). Thats all. :)

Hard way:

this is complicated. To long.

You nead to condider some tips.

1- first of all create an image of your HD (Acronis is the best, for me). It can create an image of your HD with all partitions. the backup can be incremental.

2- Install into Vista a program that can manage partition (Disk director suite, may be)

3- You need to delete one partition. If you use acronis, the partion "restore" can be deleted. With this program you can create baclups every time and you can return to previous state. I'm not doing publicize to acronis. Only that is the one I use. They can use any other. Using a backup program, the partition restore becomes obsolete.