Hi,
I use RH6.1 on a Sony Vaio N505x. Video ok at 1024x768. CDROM sometimes
works. Floppy is USB and does not yet ( although I have yet to try RH7.0 ).
When you buy the laptop with Win98 pre-installed, it has two partitions, you
can install Linux into the top partition and dual-boot ( if you wan
Typicaly you can't go too wrong with dell or IBM (personaly I have an HP
which I won't recommend)
also check out tuxtops they have laptops with linux installed.. and also
sell debian and redhat distros that are specific to certian laptops:
http://www.tuxtops.com/software.html
you might notice that
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:44:38AM -0700, Anmol Khirbat wrote:
> I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing
> the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever.
>
> I would appreciate it very much if you could share your linux+laptop
> experince
Slackware 7.1 on an IBM Thinkpad 385XD. Installation went fine, setting up
X was a pain. Also, the Thinkpad comes (came) with the first serial port
(ttyS0/COM1) disabled in order to enable the IR port (they use the same
IRQ). In order to change this setting I had to create a MS DOS-bootable
disk a
Anmol Khirbat wrote:
> I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing
> the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever.
Have you checked out the Laptop HOWTO? If not, wander over
to (ummm ... memory-check) linuxdoc.org I think, and search
fo
a lot of people I work with have debian, redhat, and
freebsd running on their dell inspirons. I have a
toshiba satellite, and the only distro that seems to work here is redhat 7. (debian
worked with several
hours of tweaking by a local linux guru.) be aware
when you buy a laptop to look at the
Just a quick note: remember to watch out for certain Dell laptops whose
batteries are now being recalled by Dell (apparently one burst into
flames). The laptops are fine, the battery is the issue.
for particulars on the models and batteries...
http://support.dell.com/battery/
Betsy
On Tue, 17
i put debian (slink) on dell latitude xpi (an ebay cheapie). the install was
tolerable, albiet quirky with no bootable cdrom. getting x configured,
however, has left me with a chunk of hair missing. but i guess there's
nothing wrong with a command line laptop.. heehee...
fortunately, there are lo
Mandrake: Dell Latitude worked lovely. Also fine on Dell Inspiron.
Anmol Khirbat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing
> the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever.
>
> I would appreciate it
Hi
I'm thinking about buying a laptop for running linux. I've been surfing
the net and researching for three days now but I am as confused as ever.
I would appreciate it very much if you could share your linux+laptop
experinces with me.
bye :)
Anmol
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Hi All,
I am running RH7 with a PCMCIA dual Modem/lan card. I would like to setup
dial out but I keep getting the error as anotated in the attached
file. Could someone please help me out? I would like to have the existing
ethernet interface active as well as the dial up link as well as I wo
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