On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 02:39:20PM +0100, Dieter Ebner wrote: > Who has recently bought a laptop and was able to install LINUX? > > Could you please tell me the exact type of your laptop + how you have > solved problems. > > I am particularly interested in laptops of the higher class:
IBM ThinkPad 770Z. Debian potato installed (over token ring!) > > 6-15 GB HD 10GB > 64-128 MB RAM 256 MB :-) > USB, serial, parallel haven't tested > floppy > DVD instead of CD floppy/DVD any combination works, doesn't matter which one is connected externally. > 14" color 13.7" 1280x1024 not one dead pixel! > external wheel mouse possible external mouse OK, haven't tried wheel. > sound CS424? works fine > modem and/or Ethernet included builtin modem, but I have no idea whether it works or not. should try one day... no ethernet. the pcmcia slot is cardbus. works fine with simpletech V90 modem, D-LINK 650 ether card and IBM Auto 16/4 token ring. > > --- > Dr. Dieter Ebner, Physics Department, University of Konstanz, > (My UNI-internal box: M678), > D-78457 KONSTANZ (Germany) > (no street-name or local box number required) > Tel: +49/7531/88-3785, Fax: +49/7531/88-3195 > e-mail (MIME accepted): [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://kaluza.physik.uni-konstanz.de/LT/DieterEbner.html > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --Laci