Re: Dell Latitude L400

From: Jim (james_at_the-computer-shop.co.uk)
Date: 08/22/05

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    Alan Gauton wrote:
    > In article <t5fOe.35$Vt4.17@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net>, james@the-computer-
    > shop.co.uk says...
    >
    >>I picked up this pizza-sized subnote a couple of days ago, just because
    >>I love my subnotes. I've one tiny problem with it.
    >>It has no OS.
    >>Has anyone any experience in installing Linux to a notebook with no
    >>removable storage whatsoever? Failing that, any experienced
    >>recommendation for a distro which I can lob on the HD via another
    >>machine? FWIW, I've had a go with another drive with an existing
    >>Knoppix/Debian installation, which puked when it came to starting X.
    >>I'm thinking Zipslack to get me started, but not having used that for a
    >>few years, I'm not sure what the usb support would be like so I'd be
    >>able to juice it up a bit with say, SuSE or whatever.
    >>
    >>Specs:
    >>700MHz PIIIm
    >>256MB RAM
    >>10GB HD
    >>Texas Instruments TI1410 CardBus controller
    >>Crystal CS4281 + CS4297A (AC97 CODEC) sound controller
    >>ATI Mobility M AGP 4MB graphics
    >>Lucent 1646 V90 modem (not too bothered about this)
    >>3Com 3C920 10/100-BASETX PCI bus master Ethernet
    >>Synaptics touchpad
    >>1x chipset USB port
    >>1x chipset IRDA port
    >
    >
    >
    > Certainly SUSE 9.3 didn't work on mine, and 9.1 Personal gave problems
    > with the screen - complained about monitor not returning x and y values.
    > Strangely the Live version seemed to work ok.
    >

    noted... no suse

    > I've got Ubuntu on mine at the moment, and it seems relatively happy at
    > the moment. I'm just trying to get an el-cheapo wireless card to work in
    > ad-hoc mode at the moment.

    Yeap, I was thinking if anything would work, it'd be a Debian.

    >
    > FWIW, are you sure about the IRDA port? I can't see one on my L400...
    >
    >

    must be on the docking station... just had a look round on this 'un, no
    IR port :\ 

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