I ran into the usb and dvd-recorder problem with Knoppix/Morphix live cds. It uses a scsi to usb interface that does not work with all computers. I installed debian and they worked.
Thanks Marc Aylesworth C3I Associates AFRL/IFSE Joint Battlespace Infosphere Team 525 Brooks Rd Rome, NY 13441-4505 Tel:315.330.2422 Fax:315.330.7009 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K.S. Bhaskar Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 11:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Laptop, VISTA and M On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 10:27 -0500, Nancy Anthracite wrote: > I have to say that it is not quite as easy as putting in the Knoppix > CD. We > did that with a laptop I purchased not too long ago and it detected > the USB > ports just fine. However, my son, who is no novice at this, could > never get > them to function nor could a guru who was posting online about it. He > was a > kernel hacker sort. It turned out the bios software in this > particular > machine was the problem. It worked with an older bios but the newer > machines > were sold with a different bios that appears on first blush to work > with the > USB ports, but does not work and the company refused to give us a copy > of the > bios software. [KSB] Very curious. If the live CD works, and you install Linux from it to the hard disk, you are getting exactly the same drivers. With USB in particular, there are few variations, and it really shouldn't matter (driver issues are most likely with modems, video and WiFi chips, and occasionally network cards). Maybe I can talk offline with Raymond so that I can understand what the issue was. In any case, with laptops, I recommend not being the first on the block to buy a new model, and to check at tuxmobil.org. -- Bhaskar ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
