Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Aritz Beraza Garayalde
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:27:58PM -0500, Jacob Tennant wrote: > I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from > Win98se to linux and have a few questions. > > 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start this about > setups? I have seen the web page refering

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:27:58PM -0500, Jacob Tennant wrote: > > I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from > > Win98se to linux and have a few questions. > > > > 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start t

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Martin Fluch
Hi! The TP770 is in my opinion an easy one. I had debian runing on it and now I have it on a TP600. On both I got everything working. Accelerated X, sound, USB, PCMCIA, serial, printer, hotswaping of the IDE devices (only on the TP770)... Cheers, - Martin On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jacob Tennant wr

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Michael Perry
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:27:58PM -0500, Jacob Tennant wrote: > I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from > Win98se to linux and have a few questions. > > 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start this about > setups? I have seen the web page refering

Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Jacob Tennant
I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from Win98se to linux and have a few questions. 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start this about setups? I have seen the web page refering to this laptop and debian linux but some of the links are dead. 2. Can

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Aritz Beraza Garayalde
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:27:58PM -0500, Jacob Tennant wrote: > I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from > Win98se to linux and have a few questions. > > 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start this about > setups? I have seen the web page refering

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:27:58PM -0500, Jacob Tennant wrote: > > I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from > > Win98se to linux and have a few questions. > > > > 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start t

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Martin Fluch
Hi! The TP770 is in my opinion an easy one. I had debian runing on it and now I have it on a TP600. On both I got everything working. Accelerated X, sound, USB, PCMCIA, serial, printer, hotswaping of the IDE devices (only on the TP770)... Cheers, - Martin On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jacob Tennant wr

Re: Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Michael Perry
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 05:27:58PM -0500, Jacob Tennant wrote: > I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from > Win98se to linux and have a few questions. > > 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start this about > setups? I have seen the web page refering

Newbie to Linux Questions

2003-03-31 Thread Jacob Tennant
I am in the preliminary process of converting my IBM Thinkpad 770 from Win98se to linux and have a few questions. 1. Is there anything special I need to know before I start this about setups? I have seen the web page refering to this laptop and debian linux but some of the links are dead. 2. Can