Re: Compaq Presario 1920

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[via November archive. Charles Lewis] >Greetings! > >I would like to be able to dual boot to Linux on my laptop (Compaq Presario >1920, P300, 128MB, 4+ GB),and wondered if you guys had any words of wisdom. >I've installed Debian on a desktop and a server, but I'm still pretty much a >newbie and

Re: Compaq Presario 1920

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[via November archive. Charles Lewis] >Greetings! > >I would like to be able to dual boot to Linux on my laptop (Compaq Presario >1920, P300, 128MB, 4+ GB),and wondered if you guys had any words of wisdom. >I've installed Debian on a desktop and a server, but I'm still pretty much a >newbie and

Re: Hibernation

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[via November archive, R. Poss replies to David Goodyear] >Hello, > I have been trying to get hibernation mode working on several >different laptops of different brands (IBM, Toshiba), and unfortunately >there is (apparently) no way to have it work under linux. I expect some >messy APM BIOS hoo

Re: Hibernation

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[via November archive, R. Poss replies to David Goodyear] >Hello, > I have been trying to get hibernation mode working on several >different laptops of different brands (IBM, Toshiba), and unfortunately >there is (apparently) no way to have it work under linux. I expect some >messy APM BIOS hoo

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[via the November archive] >Andrew Clark said: >> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any >> recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? > >If you're willing to pay new laptop prices, www.linuxlaptops.com will sell >you one with Linux preinstalled. E

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[via the November archive] >Andrew Clark said: >> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any >> recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? > >If you're willing to pay new laptop prices, www.linuxlaptops.com will sell >you one with Linux preinstalled. E

Re: mount PCMCIA-CD-ROM?

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[I saw this in the Novmber archive too.] >Hi, > >the last weekend, I've installed Debian on an portege 3020ct. I've done the >basic-install from a dos-partition. Now my problem is: >How can I mount my PCMCIA-IDE-CDROM (Freecom)? A "normal" IDE-device I would >mount with /dev/hdb or something like t

Re: mount PCMCIA-CD-ROM?

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[I saw this in the Novmber archive too.] >Hi, > >the last weekend, I've installed Debian on an portege 3020ct. I've done the >basic-install from a dos-partition. Now my problem is: >How can I mount my PCMCIA-IDE-CDROM (Freecom)? A "normal" IDE-device I would >mount with /dev/hdb or something like t

Re: external cd-rom drives

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[I just subscribed, but I read this in the November archive.] >Greetings: > >I am considering the purchase of an external cd-rom drive to load linux on >laptops. I would welcome any and all suggestions as to which might be >"cheapest and best". > >Regards, > >Tim I use an Addonics PCMCIA based CD

Re: external cd-rom drives

1999-11-17 Thread Heather
[I just subscribed, but I read this in the November archive.] >Greetings: > >I am considering the purchase of an external cd-rom drive to load linux on >laptops. I would welcome any and all suggestions as to which might be >"cheapest and best". > >Regards, > >Tim I use an Addonics PCMCIA based CD

Re: [sls@datamart.com: Base14-10.bin is broken?]

1999-11-17 Thread A. P. Harris
Benjamin T Sunshine-Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 13 Nov 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sounds like a dbootstrap bug. Maybe it can't handled 2-digit > > > > base14-XX.bin file names. > > > > >

Re: [sls@datamart.com: Base14-10.bin is broken?]

1999-11-17 Thread A. P. Harris
Benjamin T Sunshine-Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 13 Nov 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Sounds like a dbootstrap bug. Maybe it can't handled 2-digit > > > > base14-XX.bin file names. > > > > >

Re: [sls@datamart.com: Base14-10.bin is broken?]

1999-11-17 Thread Benjamin T Sunshine-Hill
On 13 Nov 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sounds like a dbootstrap bug. Maybe it can't handled 2-digit > > > base14-XX.bin file names. > > > Actually, it's more likely to be rawrite2 that can't handle

Re: [sls@datamart.com: Base14-10.bin is broken?]

1999-11-17 Thread Benjamin T Sunshine-Hill
On 13 Nov 1999, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sounds like a dbootstrap bug. Maybe it can't handled 2-digit > > > base14-XX.bin file names. > > > Actually, it's more likely to be rawrite2 that can't handle