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Setting Up Windows XP and GNU/Linux for a Dual-booting OQO model 01+ 2006-03-22: My OQO power supply conked out, so I haven't been able to do anything while I waited for a replacement. From what I've read, this is far from the first time one of these power supplies has died under normal usage. I find this very worrying, especially since OQO charges a ridiculous amount for these power supplies -- AT LEAST TRIPLE what they're realistically worth. As I write this, I am in the process of trying to set up my OQO as a dual booting system with both Windoze XP and Ubuntu GNU/Linux installed. I am adding to these pages as I go along, so check back in a day or two for further information. This write-up goes into some detail and explains much of the reasoning behind my decisions and actions. I will go back over this write-up when it's finished and break it down into a set of simple instructions for those who don't have the time or inclination to understand the whole process. First up, some background. I bought my OQO off a nice guy from Norwalk, Connecticut, USA (I am in Australia). He gave me a really good price on the basis that I would help him with installing GNU/Linux on his OQO. He also agreed to drop the price further in exchange for him keeping the OQO's factory installed hard drive because I have a bunch of compatible hard drives here already. The Plan First I installed Windows XP (Home edition because that's all I have here right now) and then GNU/Linux. There are a few reasons for installing XP before Linux. Firstly, most people attempting this will probably already have XP installed before they begin. Secondly, Windoze has historically had problems sharing the hard drive with any previously-installed operating system. And finally, I'm used to installing Linux second so I know what to expect when doing it this way. Sources/References Before I even had an OQO to work with, I read up on some other people's experiences with Linux on the OQO. Here are links to the pages that I found most useful.
Contacting me I don't want to publish my email address here, but you can reach me through the Handtops website (www.handtops.com) where my username is "wenid". Signup and/or login, then click on the "Mail" link in the bar near the top of most (all?) Handtops pages. Under the heading "new message" on the right side of the mail page, enter "wenid" in the first single-line text box, then put your subject in the second single-line text box and enter your message in the multi-line text box. Click on the "submit" button when you're done. Overview/Contents I started writing this as a single, monolithic web page, but then it started getting a bit unwieldy so I split it up into a series of more managable pages. Here is a list of the component pages along with brief descriptions of what each page contains. They are listed here in the order that I actually performed the tasks and wrote the pages, so if you are going to read it all then this is the order in which you should probably read them.
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