Hi I yust got one yersterday and I'm now trying to install debian on it... you may have a look at [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is a mailling list deticated for running linux on ibm x31 laptops personally I only own mine for a few hours so that i cannot be all that specific...
yours, Albert On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:22:44 -0700 Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all- > > I recently went on my laptop journey. I have a Dell Inspiron I4100 > which has been really great of late. After a laptop is a year or so > old, things both work better on Linux with it and things start to > break.:) > > I had decided to start looking for a replacement for my ultralight > Latitude LS which now has a motherboard or memory problem and it > prevents it from running reliably. So, what I came up with is a dual > boot system I am purchasing. One each TP X31. I like the form factor > and the prices are pretty good. I've read the linux laptops pages for > the laptop and there are some issues with kernels older than 2.4.20 it > appears with the ide chipset and the wireless card seems to be > problemmatic with Linux. What I found was a new deb netinst with a > 2.4.21 kernel and XFS/reiser support which sounds really good since it > should be past the problem point. > > Anybody tinkered with one of these little beasties that have some > personal issues/recommendations/suggestions for me? I worked a lot on > IBM ThinkPads in a previous existance and had generally good or bad > luck with them depending on the model. > > Specifically, I am interested in things around the IDE controller, > workarounds, wireless connectivity using the miniPCI card, etc. > > Many thanks for your time spent reading this laptop gurus! > > -- > Michael Perry | do or do not. There is no try. -Master Yoda > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lnxpowered.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
