Sony Viao F340 was(Re: Tochiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux)

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

Me again,

I dropped the Toshiba and went with a Sony Vaio F340.  

PII-366
96M ram
6.4G hdd
13" 1024x768 w/ Neomagic 256AV
Neomagic2200 sound chip(supported by patch to 2.2.x kernels)
internal winmodem(I don't really need it anyway)

I also purchased a Xircom RealPort Ethernet RBE-100BTX pcmcia network
card that according to the pcmcia-cs doc's is supported.

My plan is to install base via floppy and then network to my existing
desktop Debian machine and install the rest via network(modem on
desktop).  This will mostly be a traveling machine so I don't expect to
install tons of apps on it.

This is also my first laptop install and I have never delt with the
pcmcia support so I am sure to learn alot this weekend.  So what ever
links and other sources that are not the obvious ones would be much
appreciated.

Brian
  

*- On 14 Oct, Brian Servis wrote about "Tochiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux"
> 
> First time poster to debian-laptop, be kind, =).
> 
> I am in a quick rush to get a laptop!!! Yeah!! Like TODAY or TOMMOROW.
> I will be of course installing Debian and will need use it to dual boot
> to Win9x, yuck.
> 
> The Satallite series look really good for the money but what about
> compatibility?  It uses the Trident Cyber9525 video chip which is
> supported by Xfree86.  The sound is the ESS1978S chip which I didn't see
> mentioned in the kernel docs, but it seems like the ESS chips are all
> pretty similar.
> 
> The video is only 800x600 on board but can go to 1280x1024x256 external.
> 
> Any advice is appreciated or suggestion to go with someting else.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian Servis