Re: Please tell your success story
On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 02:39:20PM +0100, Dieter Ebner wrote:
> Who has recently bought a laptop and was able to install LINUX?
>
> Could you please tell me the exact type of your laptop + how you have
> solved problems.
>
> I am particularly interested in laptops of the higher class:
IBM ThinkPad 770Z. Debian potato installed (over token ring!)
>
> 6-15 GB HD
10GB
> 64-128 MB RAM
256 MB :-)
> USB, serial, parallel
haven't tested
> floppy
> DVD instead of CD
floppy/DVD any combination works, doesn't matter which one is connected
externally.
> 14" color
13.7" 1280x1024 not one dead pixel!
> external wheel mouse possible
external mouse OK, haven't tried wheel.
> sound
CS424? works fine
> modem and/or Ethernet included
builtin modem, but I have no idea whether it works or not. should try one
day... no ethernet. the pcmcia slot is cardbus. works fine with simpletech V90
modem, D-LINK 650 ether card and IBM Auto 16/4 token ring.
>
> ---
> Dr. Dieter Ebner, Physics Department, University of Konstanz,
> (My UNI-internal box: M678),
> D-78457 KONSTANZ (Germany)
> (no street-name or local box number required)
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>
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