*- On 22 Mar, Mick Jagger wrote about "ANNOUNCE: new documentation, "Installing Debian on a Compaq Presario Laptop"" > Greetings, > > This is an annoucement of the first draft of a new piece of > documentation entitled "Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 on a Compaq > Presario 1210 laptop." (Unweildy but accurate name, I know.) > > The document is currently availible at: > http://members.tripod.com/~pibble/laptopnotes.html > > It is a guide to installing and configuring many aspects of Linux / X on > such a laptop. Though the document is specific to that model, most of > the information is probably applicable to other similar laptops. > > The document is freely redistributable and I would appreciate if someone > could mirror it and/or add it to a page with resources for installing > Linux on laptops. > > Comments encouraged. This is a first draft and will be updated. Thank > you for your time. > > Preston Landers > >
Have you looked at the Linux-Laptop page at http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ There is a link to a page for the 1210. You might want to compare notes with its author. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------