On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on
> thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific
> models. Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq Armada and it was
> less than fun getting it installed as well but eventually I got it working
> properly. There is a ton more support than there used to be (about 3 years
> ago) for laptops ..... Linux was never really meant to be a laptop O/S but
> its gotten to a point where once you do get it working, it's solid as a
> rock. Another thing to check would be the site for your distribution to
> see what it shows for supported hardware etc and maybe look into grabbing a
> different distribution. Good Luck!!
>
> Lonny Selinger
> Systems Adminstration Associate
> EDS Canada
I have had a great deal of success running Mandrake 7.1 on my thinkpad 2611 450.
Originally I tried Slackware, and then Mandrake 7.0-2, but neither one would
work with my sound card (YamahaOPL3SA2) However LM7.1 loaded great, 30
Minutes, and when I ran sndconfig at the command prompt, it loaded the correct
drivers.
Don ....
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