Linux-Hardware Digest #468, Volume #12 Mon, 13 Mar 00 11:13:07 EST
Contents:
Floppy and CD-ROM Drive problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem ? ("Tony")
Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal? (Atle)
Re: English version of German document (Frank Elsner)
Re: ftape with 2.2.x kernel (Mikael Pettersson)
Specialix.o ("James A. Littlefield")
KPPP ("Tony")
Re: ATA66 and Linux (Hal Burgiss)
Re: Floppy and CD-ROM Drive problem (Dances With Crows)
Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better? ("Folkert Rienstra")
Re: Install Linux into external harddisk (Dances With Crows)
Re: Specialix.o (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 ethernet card problems... (Vincent and Shirley Yau)
SCSI Reset with Adaptec AIC-7880 and SMP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modem ?
Re: hard-drive recording in linux?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dell Inspiron 3200 Help please! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best Distribution for Laptop (billy ball)
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Subject: Floppy and CD-ROM Drive problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:11:29 GMT
I have just recently installed Red Hat Linux 6.1 on my computer
and after trying and trying I cannot get my CD-ROM or floppy
drive to mount. Can someone give me any suggestions or ideas?
A Troubled Soul
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem ?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:30:01 -0600
Sorry for the third time. But I spent the money to eliminate the use of
windows, and all I was able to do was install a linux os, Caldera 2.3, on my
Compaq Presario. Amazingly Caldera 2.3 was the first linux os out four. The
first three didn't recognize my video card. Caldera found it great.
However now that I am able to use a linux os on my box, I can't get
online with it. I have no clue if my modem is even compatable. Compatablity
lists don't help, as my modem seems to elude these lists. I have heard that
Winmodems don't work with linux. But I don't even know if I have a Winmodem.
Now for the modem questions...
1:How do I setup a Rockwell HCF 56k Data Fax PCI Modem that is on COM2,
Interrupt 11, Address 2F8, Max Speed 115200, Dail bits 8, with Parity, Stop
bits 1 that ,waits for dial tone, cancels after 60 secs, uses FIFO buffer
16550 UART, recieve buffer14, transmitt buffer 16, uses error , compress
data uses flow control, hardware RTS/CTS
2:What is the Caldera equivilent of the above settings in windows?
3:Why do I get no modem, modem is busy messages when trying to find my
modem?
4:When I think I have found my modem, why does it start by saying
Initializing and then nothing happens?
5:Is there a better type of modem to have if this modem continues to not
work with linux? I hate to have spent money not to be able to use linux
online.
6:If this problem is solved by someone, would they be interested in
telling me if my Compaq IJ700 printer will work with linux? I have no clue
how to setup a printer at all.
:o)
All help is great help even if the goal is not met.
Help is good by the nature of it.
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From: Atle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: COM1 or COM2 for the ext. modem; whats optimal?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:50:51 +0100
Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams) writes:
>
> > On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 12:34:33, "Wayne Monteath"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > COM2 uses IRQ3.
> > > COM1 uses IRQ4
> > >
> > > IRQ3 gets serviced (has a higher priority) before IRQ4.
> >
> > This is backwards (which is why COM1 is on IRQ4 by default), but
> > it doesn't matter in any case.
>
> if you care, irqtune can rearrange the priorities.
What kind of data rates are we talking about, and what processor speed?
If it is a 486 or higher I can't imagine that a 56kbit data rate would
have any impact.
Atle
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From: Frank Elsner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: English version of German document
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:34:52 +0100
Tony Wright wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I can get an English version of
> /usr/doc/packages/i4l/README.SuSE?
You may want to look at
http://www.isdn4linux.de/faq/
-Frank Elsner
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Subject: Re: ftape with 2.2.x kernel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mikael Pettersson)
Date: 13 Mar 2000 15:35:22 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... So my question is
>has anyone had any success installing ftape on a 2.2.x kernel?
You can find a maintained port of ftape-4.03pre2 for 2.2.x and 2.3.x
kernels at http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/ftape/. I can't speak for
your Iomega Ditto drive, but it works fine with my Seagate TapeStor 3200.
>Where should I go next? And please inform me if and how I should clean out
>my previous failed ftape files to avoid confusion. Thanks everyone.
I don't quite know what you mean by "failed ftape files". If you mean
"remnants of failed attempts to add new ftape to kernel", then you'll
want to (a) remove the old kernel source code completely and get a
clean untainted tarball of the kernel source, and (b) remove the
/lib/modules/<bad kernel> hierarchy. You should run a fallback kernel
while you do the upgrade, say a non-modular 2.2.14 on a boot floppy.
/Mikael
--
Mikael Pettersson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Computing Science Department, Uppsala University
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From: "James A. Littlefield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Specialix.o
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:06:45 -0500
I have a RH6.0/486 system w/ an old Specialix IO/8+ multiport card. I
have found and installed the specialix.o module. Judging from the
syslog messages generated when I installed the module, it has found my
hardware and seems to be happy. Where do I do from here in terms of
getting access to the additional ports.....
Under Unixware the pkgadd process created a bunch of nodes under /dev
for accessing the new ttys. This did not seem to happen when I
installed the new module.
Thanks,
Jim
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From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KPPP
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:50:46 -0600
Sorry for the third time. But I spent the money to eliminate the use of
windows, and all I was able to do was install a linux os, Caldera 2.3, on my
Compaq Presario. Amazingly Caldera 2.3 was the first linux os out four. The
first three didn't recognize my video card. Caldera found it great.
However now that I am able to use a linux os on my box, I can't get
online with it. I have no clue if my modem is even compatable. Compatablity
lists don't help, as my modem seems to elude these lists. I have heard that
Winmodems don't work with linux. But I don't even know if I have a Winmodem.
Now for the modem questions...
1:How do I setup a Rockwell HCF 56k Data Fax PCI Modem that is on COM2,
Interrupt 11, Address 2F8, Max Speed 115200, Dail bits 8, with Parity, Stop
bits 1 that ,waits for dial tone, cancels after 60 secs, uses FIFO buffer
16550 UART, recieve buffer14, transmitt buffer 16, uses error , compress
data uses flow control, hardware RTS/CTS
2:What is the Caldera equivilent of the above settings in windows?
3:Why do I get no modem, modem is busy messages when trying to find my
modem?
4:When I think I have found my modem, why does it start by saying
Initializing and then nothing happens?
5:Is there a better type of modem to have if this modem continues to not
work with linux? I hate to have spent money not to be able to use linux
online.
6:If this problem is solved by someone, would they be interested in
telling me if my Compaq IJ700 printer will work with linux? I have no clue
how to setup a printer at all.
:o)
All help is great help even if the goal is not met.
Help is good by the nature of it.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: ATA66 and Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:47:24 GMT
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:10:17 +0100, /Christophe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> You need a kernel patch. That is all. So if comfortable building
>> kernels, a no brainer.
>
>Please, do you know where this patch can be found, and how to apply it.
>Thanks.
Look at any kernel mirror (eg ftp.us.kernel.org), and look around under
people/hedrick. The patch is ide*. There may be ones for different
kernel versions, not sure.
Unzip patch, and place in /usr/src. cd to /usr/src/linux (or wherever
your raw kernel source is) and
patch -p1 < ../ide*
If you would rather use RPM, I am guessing the Redhat's rawhide kernel
has this in there as well. The only way to know for sure is to try it,
or maybe someone else here has.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Floppy and CD-ROM Drive problem
Date: 13 Mar 2000 10:06:13 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 14:11:29 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<lG6z4.3487$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I have just recently installed Red Hat Linux 6.1 on my computer
>and after trying and trying I cannot get my CD-ROM or floppy
>drive to mount. Can someone give me any suggestions or ideas?
Next time you have a problem like this, post any error messages you
receive. Since I have no idea which of N things is going wrong in your
case, I have to waste time doing "shotgun troubleshooting."
Anyway, pull up a terminal window or text console, become root, put a
floppy in its drive and a CD-ROM in its drive, and do:
# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
# mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Make a note of any errors and post them. Also, remember that RH 6.1 comes
out of the box with (slightly buggy) automounter support. Inserting a
CD-ROM and trying to access /mnt/cdrom should cause the disc to be mounted
automatically.
Take a look at /etc/fstab as well; it should have the lines
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0
somewhere in it.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: "Folkert Rienstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: VIA vs Intel chipsets - which is better?
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 00:13:37 +0100
"Paul Tiseo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
| In article <8ab4n5$ehk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| says...
| > "Paul Tiseo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
|news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
| > | In article <C8wx4.404$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
| > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
| > | > Gee Ron, I use VIA based MoBo's & have no IDE problems - what am I doing
|wrong?
| > | > Same with my customers.... who buy more VIA based MoBo's then Intel?
| > | >
| > | > Now you can quote post (actually you didn't even do that - you just told us
|where we
| > | > MIGHT find some data) all day long... most will be from users have caused
|their own
| > | > problems. Can you post your own personal data - like Dean & I can??
| > |
| > | Whatever you do, John, DON'T GET SUCKERED IN BY RON!!! He lives in
| > | *.hardware.storage and he and a few others engage in lengthy, pointless,
| > | name-calling threads in SCSI vs. IDE wars. The participants are all
| > | very, very stubborn and probably enjoy causing this sort of pointless
| > | mischief. It's endless. Plenty of references to "blindness" and
| > | "stalking" from both sides, ad nauseum. Sickening, really. All over HDs,
| > | for pete's sake...
| > |
| > | I left that group because of it.
| >
| > | Half of the time, Ron is baited
| >
| > What??? Now it is our fault? Hey, watch it!
|
| LOL! :)
|
| Well, I just call it like I see it. Some people have found their
| fun in jumping into threads and insulting Ron, when one is engaged in,
| shall we say, a "lively debate"? It's just as childish as the insults and
| immaturity Ron displays at times.
We are not all ERIC. ;-)
|
| --
| ____________________________________________________
| Paul Tiseo, Intermediate Systems Programmer
| Birdsall 3, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
| 4500 San Pablo Rd, FL, 32224
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (904) 953-8254
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Install Linux into external harddisk
Date: 13 Mar 2000 10:14:54 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 06:49:54 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8ai32i$84q$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> I am thinking of installing RH6.1 Linux into an external harddisk, but
>not sure if this can be done. I have an external hd which is connected
>to the parallel port of my PC, using an external hdd casing, Currently
>my PC is running win95 and I dont want to disturb my win95 drive, i.e.
>repartition it.
Though Linux has support for parallel-port IDE devices, you probably don't
want to do this. Parport disks are mind-bogglingly slow, and it's
impossible to boot from a parport disk because of BIOS limitations, so you
would have to install a kernel image and LOADLIN at least on your Win95
partition.
If you're scared of repartitioning your drive, don't be. Shoot, Caldera
2.3 comes with a limited version of Partition Magic that will hold your
hand. If even that's too scary, get PhatLinux or WinLinux or ZipSlack,
distros that run Linux in a UMSDOS filesystem that can live on a WinXX
partition. You'll take a performance hit, but it'll be better than using
a parport disk.
Or just buy another IDE hard drive; $80 will get you at least 4G these
days, and the disk space is nice to have even if you decide not to use
Linux.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
------------------------------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Specialix.o
Date: 13 Mar 2000 10:21:10 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:06:45 -0500, James A. Littlefield
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have a RH6.0/486 system w/ an old Specialix IO/8+ multiport card. I
>have found and installed the specialix.o module. Judging from the
>syslog messages generated when I installed the module, it has found my
>hardware and seems to be happy. Where do I do from here in terms of
>getting access to the additional ports.....
Check to see if you have the correct device files first:
# ls -l /dev/ttyX*
If nothing shows up, then you have to create the device files like so:
# mknod /dev/ttyX0 c 32 0
# mknod /dev/ttyX1 c 32 1
# mknod /dev/ttyX2 c 32 2
[...]
Once those exist, you should be able to access those extra ports through
the ttyX[0-7] devices. HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Vincent and Shirley Yau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 ethernet card problems...
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:25:08 GMT
�
Greg
Where do I find this via-Rhine driver?
thanks
--Vincent
�
�
�
Greg Fortune wrote:
> Try the via-Rhine driver
>
> Greg Fortune
>
> Vincent and Shirley Yau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> > I am using RedHat 6.1 and just bought a LinkSys EtherFast 10/100
> > ethernet card
> > so I can hook my linux box with a linux DSL router.
> >
> > This ethernet card uses tulip.o and each time when I tried
> > installing this module, I get this error:
> >
> > /lib.../tulip.o : init_module : Device or resource busy
> >
> > Has anyone able to use this ethernet card and if so, which driver
> > and how did you make the driver to work?
> >
> > Thanks a lot for any pointer.
> >
> > --Vincent
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCSI Reset with Adaptec AIC-7880 and SMP
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:27:24 GMT
I have a dual processor Micron box with an on-board Adaptec AIC-7880,
which works fine with RH 6.0. I have had no joy however in booting an
SMP kernel.
In all cases with SMP, the system gets as far as probing the SCSI bus
and then goes into an SCSI Reset loop:
...
scsi : 1 host.
scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 0, scsi0, channel 0, id
0, lun 0 Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00
SCSI host 0 abort (pid 0) timed out - resetting
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 0) timed out - trying harder
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
...
I have tried the RH 6.0 SMP kernel (2.2.5) plus 2.2.10 and 2.2.13
kernels which I have built myself - no joy. I have tried compiling
aic7xxx both as part of the kernel and as a module loaded from initrd.
The system is SCSI based, so booting without SCSI is not an option.
This also means that I can't capture dmesg output.
Any suggestions (no matter how wild) would be appreciated.
Thanks,
T.
Full system spec is:
Micron Millenia W6LI S/H-01
2 x 200MHz Intel Pentium Pro (0: step 7; 1: ??)
128Mb RAM + 256Kb Cache
3Com 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps (3c59x)
Adaptec AIC-7880 on-board Ultra SCSI (aic7xxx)
0: IBM DORS-32160 S82C 2Gb SCSI Disk
1: PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-12CS 1.00 12x SCSI CD-ROM
S3 Graphics card
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Modem ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 15:58:40 GMT
On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:30:01 -0600, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sorry for the third time. But I spent the money to eliminate the use of
>windows, and all I was able to do was install a linux os, Caldera 2.3, on my
>Compaq Presario. Amazingly Caldera 2.3 was the first linux os out four. The
>first three didn't recognize my video card. Caldera found it great.
> However now that I am able to use a linux os on my box, I can't get
>online with it. I have no clue if my modem is even compatable. Compatablity
>lists don't help, as my modem seems to elude these lists. I have heard that
>Winmodems don't work with linux. But I don't even know if I have a Winmodem.
> Now for the modem questions...
> 1:How do I setup a Rockwell HCF 56k Data Fax PCI Modem that is on COM2,
>Interrupt 11, Address 2F8, Max Speed 115200, Dail bits 8, with Parity, Stop
>bits 1 that ,waits for dial tone, cancels after 60 secs, uses FIFO buffer
>16550 UART, recieve buffer14, transmitt buffer 16, uses error , compress
>data uses flow control, hardware RTS/CTS
>
It should work fine. It is a real modem, not a braindead winmodem.
Use 'cardctl' to query your pcmcia card(s).
Use 'setserial' to set the IRQ and address params
and
use 'minicom' to try and talk to it. Sendint 'AT'<return> should give you
an 'OK' response.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: hard-drive recording in linux??
Date: 13 Mar 2000 12:39:03 GMT
'59burst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Thu, 2 Mar 2000 18:15:10 +0100 in comp.os.linux.hardware:
b> Can I just forget it? Anyone know if linux supports Midiman soundcards? Is
b> there software for harddrive recording out there??
That is definetely the wrong question.
The Right question is: "Does the Midman manufacturer support Linux ?"
If not, the manufacturer sells trash & junk, so you can burn the
soundcard to have a little bit warm feet. That would be the only
usable option.
mfG
Jojo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 3200 Help please!
Date: 13 Mar 2000 12:40:09 GMT
Breton M. Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb
am Thu, 09 Mar 2000 20:54:25 +0000 in comp.os.linux.hardware:
BMS> Hi All,
BMS> I'm trying to setup RH6.1 for a friend on a Dell Inspiron 3200. At
BMS> current I have two problems which do not seem to be resolved on the
BMS> linux-for-laptops page, both related to suspend/resume:
BMS> 1) The xwindows screen gets shifted right by about 16 pixels on a
BMS> resume. The only way to fix this problem is to kill the x-server.
BMS> I've checked the docs at xfree86.org for information on the NeoMagic
BMS> 2170 chip that the laptop uses, but have found nothing regarding
BMS> screen-shifting on resume.
BMS> 2) The audio chip has the tendancy to go haywire, producing an
BMS> ear-piercing sound occassionally on a resume. I've got the CS4232 to
BMS> produce sound normally, but it tends to click baddly.
BMS> If you can offer me any help I would greatly appreciate it.
Ask Dell!
They say, they support Linux. In that case it's a support/waranty
Problem.
mfG
Jojo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (billy ball)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Best Distribution for Laptop
Date: 13 Mar 2000 16:00:39 GMT
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 13:38:06 -0500, Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <893n8r$bj5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>"Kachi Armony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Hi. I have a NEC 2700 series laptop (P133, 32MB RAM, 2.1GB HD, CDROM, Modem,
>>PCMCIA Ethernet, etc).
>>I will like to know what the best distribution for laptops would be. I have
>>a 450MB partition ready for Linux to be installed (dual boot with WIN95). I
>>guess my main use for Linux will be Development (C++, Java, and others - I'm
>>a CS student). I won't need any fancy apps. If everything (hardware) works
>>fine, I may eventually reformat and have my entire drive for Linux only (and
>>get rid of Windoze). Please advise.
the best distro? hah!
Linux: It's All Good!(tm)
seriously though, i'm unaware of any distro that specifically includes a
"laptop" option... however, if you use KDE, make sure to pick a distro
that includes kcmlaptop and other goodies... i like Mandrake 7.0...
>>
>
>Caldera Open Linux 2.3 installed without problems using LISA. It detected
>everything on my OLD Toshiba 2135 including the PCMCIA attached cdrom...
>
>
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