Re: Infos on Sony C1VE

2001-02-01 Thread victor gvirtsman
Werner Heuser wrote: > > Hi, > > does anyone have experience installing Linux on the > Sony VAIO C1VE with CRUSOE CPU. Though there > are informations available about the predecessor > models on Kenneth's page, I couldn't find anything > about this specific model, also GOOGLE didn't find > anythi

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Ian Soboroff
Tom Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My goal here is to get the fastest, lightest, Linux compatible > laptop out there. Something with a "thin" form-factor and with long > battery life, but with the horsepower to be a desktop replacement > when placed in a docking station. (I don't want much

Re: Connecting a Linux machine to a novell netware.

2001-02-01 Thread cha
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Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

2001-02-01 Thread Robert Guthrie
Create 2 swap partitions (split the original in 2 pieces). Use one during the initial phase of installation, and then use the other one during the rest of the process. Once you're done, just make sure that your machine is using both swap partitions so you don't waste any of it. On Wednesday 3

Re: Help, howto remove lilo from MBR!

2001-02-01 Thread Andrei Popov
> > guest. It worked fine until I reboot the PC. now I see only "Li" > at > > prompt, can neither > > boot NT nor Linux. > > > > It seems I will have to reinstall linux, or is there a simpler > solution? Boot from Debian boot floppy. Switch to the 2nd console and hit enter. Mount your root part

RE: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Glen S Mehn
thinkpad T21. (or T20) they're powerhouses, light (4.6 lb), have cd/dvd support, are super reliable, ibm supports linux on them (well, not winmodems and maybe not the internal NIC) and I've had a bunch of thinkpads w/ linux and they've been great. I've even got a 760-EL (p133) that I still use fro

Réf:Re: Help, howto remove lilo from MBR!

2001-02-01 Thread Pascal Beck
A more simple way if you don't have a linux floppy disk is to use the command fdisk /MBR after a boot on a Windows floppy disk. Séparateur de messages Objet : Re: Help, howto remove lilo from MBR! Auteur :Andrei Popov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date : 01/02/01

Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

2001-02-01 Thread Steven Sforza
Hey it looks like that worked yer a genius - can't believe I didn't think of that myself ;) -Original Message- From:Robert Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:48:56 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Low-Memory Diskett

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Heather
> thinkpad T21. (or T20) > > they're powerhouses, light (4.6 lb), have cd/dvd support, are super > reliable, ibm supports linux on them (well, not winmodems and maybe not the > internal NIC) and I've had a bunch of thinkpads w/ linux and they've been > great. I've even got a 760-EL (p133) that I s

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:38:56PM -0800, Heather wrote: > * video chipset that is -actually- supported by X 4. I'm strongly > interested in moving that direction, but since my current systems > work, I'm not terribly interested in half measures or putting up > with bleedin

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heather> Anyways I have to agree that if you're buying from IBM - at least Heather> at the moment - you're at least supporting a company that cares Heather> somewhat about linux users' opinions. You'd think so, eh? Remember, we'

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Hubert Chan
Sorry for that last post, I accidentally hit send. Here's the full version of what I wanted to send: > "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heather> Anyways I have to agree that if you're buying from IBM - at least Heather> at the moment - you're at least supporting a co

SMI Lynx 3DM

2001-02-01 Thread Gernot A. Weber
Hi, any experiences with attaching an external monitor to a notebook with a SMI Lynx 3DM (8MB RAM, 200MHz RAMDAC). In my opinion a resolution of 1280x1024 should be possible, but the shop, I would like to buy my new notebook at, says no (but they have no experiences with it). The only limitting fa

Re: Connecting a Linux machine to a novell netware.

2001-02-01 Thread Brendan J Simon
Doing an "apt-cache search netware" will give you some packages to investigate. $ apt-cache search netware lg-issue34 - Issue 34 of the Linux Gazette. ncpfs - Utilities to use resources from NetWare servers. Obviously the ncpfs is one to try out. Regards, Brendan Simon. Andreas Mohr wrote: >

Re: Connecting a Linux machine to a novell netware.

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 11:39:10AM -0500, Kamath wrote: > Hello all-- > > Does anyone here know if it is possible to connect a Linux work-station to > a Novell netware?? We have a Novell netware 4.x here and I was wondering > if my laptop that has Linux installed on it can connect to the novell >

Re: Infos on Sony C1VE

2001-02-01 Thread victor gvirtsman
Werner Heuser wrote: > > Hi, > > does anyone have experience installing Linux on the > Sony VAIO C1VE with CRUSOE CPU. Though there > are informations available about the predecessor > models on Kenneth's page, I couldn't find anything > about this specific model, also GOOGLE didn't find > anyth

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Ian Soboroff
Tom Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My goal here is to get the fastest, lightest, Linux compatible > laptop out there. Something with a "thin" form-factor and with long > battery life, but with the horsepower to be a desktop replacement > when placed in a docking station. (I don't want muc

Re: Connecting a Linux machine to a novell netware.

2001-02-01 Thread cha
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Low-Memory Diskette Install

2001-02-01 Thread Steven Sforza
Well, now that I've got the PCMCIA issue figured out, I'm having trouble re-installing (last time I got it to work I pretty much got lucky). I'm using the "low-memory" diskette image I downloaded, and what happens is this: During the initial setup using the low-memory version, it has you create

Re: Help, howto remove lilo from MBR!

2001-02-01 Thread Andrei Popov
> > guest. It worked fine until I reboot the PC. now I see only "Li" > at > > prompt, can neither > > boot NT nor Linux. > > > > It seems I will have to reinstall linux, or is there a simpler > solution? Boot from Debian boot floppy. Switch to the 2nd console and hit enter. Mount your root par

Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

2001-02-01 Thread Robert Guthrie
Create 2 swap partitions (split the original in 2 pieces). Use one during the initial phase of installation, and then use the other one during the rest of the process. Once you're done, just make sure that your machine is using both swap partitions so you don't waste any of it. On Wednesday

RE: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Glen S Mehn
thinkpad T21. (or T20) they're powerhouses, light (4.6 lb), have cd/dvd support, are super reliable, ibm supports linux on them (well, not winmodems and maybe not the internal NIC) and I've had a bunch of thinkpads w/ linux and they've been great. I've even got a 760-EL (p133) that I still use fr

Réf:Re: Help, howto remove lilo from MBR!

2001-02-01 Thread Pascal Beck
A more simple way if you don't have a linux floppy disk is to use the command fdisk /MBR after a boot on a Windows floppy disk. Séparateur de messages Objet : Re: Help, howto remove lilo from MBR! Auteur :Andrei Popov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date : 01/02/0

Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

2001-02-01 Thread Steven Sforza
Hey it looks like that worked yer a genius - can't believe I didn't think of that myself ;) -Original Message- From:Robert Guthrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Thu, 1 Feb 2001 09:48:56 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Heather
> thinkpad T21. (or T20) > > they're powerhouses, light (4.6 lb), have cd/dvd support, are super > reliable, ibm supports linux on them (well, not winmodems and maybe not the > internal NIC) and I've had a bunch of thinkpads w/ linux and they've been > great. I've even got a 760-EL (p133) that I

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 05:38:56PM -0800, Heather wrote: > * video chipset that is -actually- supported by X 4. I'm strongly > interested in moving that direction, but since my current systems > work, I'm not terribly interested in half measures or putting up > with bleedi

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heather> Anyways I have to agree that if you're buying from IBM - at least Heather> at the moment - you're at least supporting a company that cares Heather> somewhat about linux users' opinions. You'd think so, eh? Remember, we

Re: Best "new" laptop

2001-02-01 Thread Hubert Chan
Sorry for that last post, I accidentally hit send. Here's the full version of what I wanted to send: > "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heather> Anyways I have to agree that if you're buying from IBM - at least Heather> at the moment - you're at least supporting a c