[ale] Happy Event! (was RE: SystemRescueCD got only one shot!)

[Mills, John M.]

ALErs -

Having re-sized my WinNT partition dramatically (40->10Gby), I decided to
try Linux installation. I installed SuSe-9.3 from a downloaded CD set ... 

Results were even better than I hoped.

1) No problem setting up my partitions, including 8GBy as Fat32 for mutual
WinXP and Linux use.

2) No problem identifying the peripherals in my Fry's house-brand laptop.

3) X11 delivers a _better_ display than WinXP on the same machine.

4) SuSe and 'linmodem' correctly identified the low-rent, AC'97 codec-based
~modem, configured it without complaint, and seem to manage it perfectly!! I
expected to fight with this, and only gave myself 50-50 odds of _ever_
having it work from Linux!
    YIPPEE!

5) Dual WinXP/Linux boot setup through GRUB dropped in and works fine.

6) When the partitioning and installation were done I re-tried
SystemRescueCD and it worked fine. (What's life without the occasional
mystery, if it comes out OK at the end?)

It's my first SuSe installation; I doubt it will be my last. So far, I'm
_definitely_ a happy camper!

 - Mills