What do you know ... that's my laptop (except for the UXGA screen). I run LM8.1 without any problems.
The only catch will be changing over to the nVidia drivers. He will have to go to nVidia's Linux download site, get the drivers and configure them post install. There are pretty good instructions on how to do this at mandrakeuser.org as well as a PDF file on nVidia's site that outlines all the various optional configuration parameters available. -- Quintin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dean S. Messing Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:06 PM To: Mandrake Expert Subject: [expert] Will Mandrake 8.1 run on this system? Experts, A colleague of mine in Japan is thinking of purchasing the following laptop and loading Mandrake 8.1 on it. I can't see any problem with it (other than the Windows software :-) but I'd like your esteemed opinions before he commits the money, especially since I have never worked with nVIDIA video hardware. I'm aware that one must get the _binary_ drivers from nVIDIA but, apart from this, do you see any technical problems? Has anyone on the list already purchased one of these and loaded Mandrake 8.1? The colleague's "built to order" choice is: model:Inspiron 8100 cpu:P-III 1GHz mem:256MB(x1) HDD:30GB E-IDE CD:CD-RW video:nVIDIA GeForce2 Go 16MB LCD:15inch TFT UXGA(1600x1200) 24bit color NIC:internal 10/100Base-T + V.90 FAX modem Combo (OS:Windows XP Professinal(JP)) Thanks for any help you can provide. Dean S. Messing Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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