Re: running linux voids warranty?
From: John Thompson (john_at_starfleet.os2.dhs.org)
Date: 07/07/05
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Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:05:08 GMT
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On 2005-07-04, Jim <james@the-computer-shop.co.uk> wrote:
> alex goldman wrote:
>> Are there laptop manufacturers that will refuse warranty repair if they find
>> Linux on the hard drive?
>
> If there are, let me know so I know not to buy them. On saying that, I
> do all my own repairs, right down to replacing broken power sockets, so
> it doesn't affect me much. But it's the principle of the thing.
We sent my son's HP laptop (with RH9) in for warranty work and they fixed
it (keyboard problem), but it came back with the default XP-Home image
installed and linux wiped from the drive. Why you have to wipe and
re-image the HD for a hardware keyboard problem is beyond me.
-- -John (john@os2.dhs.org)
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