rick moen ricklinuxmafiacom quoting stephen_reillydellcom stephen_reillydellcom make sound incompatibility deliberately built new systems products company sell linux installed easily reinstalled linux products sold windows may said ive never found dell system impossible put rh one two headaches past though wanted second stephen says independent perspective times ive encountered obstacle installing current linux distributions dell boxes dell early adopter eg new adaptec scsi chipset hadnt included installation kernels risk _always_ take blindly buy hardware systems linux without verifying chipset support first anything dell years occasioned less trouble many competitors area cheers c gives enough rope hang c give enough rick moen bind gag neighbourhood rig sails small ship ricklinuxmafiacom still enough hang yardarm irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie fri 2 aug 2002 121858 0700 ilug dell gx260 v redhat 73