I have a Dell that would meet all the requirements except that it runs XP. :wq! jason
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Jason McFarland <redtech...@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
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