I'm sure I have 2 or 3 laptops that meet and/or exceed your requirements. Ping me off-list if you're still in need.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Michael Sokolov <msoko...@ivan.harhan.org>wrote: > David Kaiser <dkai...@cdk.com> wrote: > > > If you happen to establish any serial coms between the laptop and your > > linux host, > > Well, I've just tried it, and it doesn't work either. Going into > Control Panel -> Ports, I saw an empty list where one normally sees COM1 > and COM2. I've tried adding COM1, it added, asked me to reboot - did > so. After the reboot I do see the port that I've added, but the rest of > WinNT system still apparently doesn't see it: the procedure for adding a > modem doesn't seem to see it, and neither does HyperTerminal. It must > be some kind of Weendoze issue and my Weendoze skills are nowhere near > sufficient to resolve it. > > Normally my next step in a situation like this would be to take the > system to a Weendoze expert (such as my dad), but I have a feeling that > given the totally unknown state of this OS install, the expert would > probably want to reinstall the OS as first order business - which brings > us back to the non-working CD-ROM. Oh, and it is some funky external > CD-ROM drive, and it was probably never meant to be bootable even back > when it did once work... > > That's why I'm leaning toward finding another laptop... > > MS > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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