Re: Laptop service and hidden Linux

There might be a way to boot Linux then automatically go full screen
VMWare (gsx the free one) windows, of course at this point your being
dishonest with the federal airport cops. Or you could just totally sell
out and:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/default.mspx

sorry I couldn't resist since CNN insists nerds are going crazy for it.

Scott Walde wrote:

> Hopefully that's an interesting enough subject to get your attention.
> The two things are only tangentially related, though...
>
> Well, after almost a month in the shop, I am assured I will get my
> laptop back today. I am fully expecting to have to do a re-install of
> Linux, and will install Ubuntu 6.10.
>
> I will be travelling out of the country in March, and have heard
> horror stories about Canadian custom's agents confiscating laptops
> that have "strange" things like Linux on them. (They don't know how
> to do an image search to see if you're bringing back kiddie porn.)
> So, the question is...
>
> Is there a way to boot Linux from inside Windows XP? I remember way
> back in the day, I could use loadlin.exe or somesuch to do this, but
> is there a modern equivalent? Or is it possible to hide GRUB so it
> only shows up if you hit a key? Does anyone have a better suggestion
> to address this issue?
>
> Thanks.
>
> ttyl
> srw
>
>
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Received on Tue Jan 30 08:38:52 2007