Re: [TCLUG:22137] Linux laptop questions

[Nate Carlson <natecars@real-time.com>]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Perry Hoekstra wrote:
> > > I would NOT recommend Compaq.  I have Debian running on an (sort-of, see
> > > earlier today post) Armada E500 and it has not been pretty.  Now I
> > > believe I cannot use the internal Ethernet port on this new E500.  I
> > > have no mention of support for the Mini-PCI.
> > >
> > 
> > I disagree. I have an Compaq E500 also and RH7 installed on it flawlessly. It
> > even detected the display/video and sound. But I don't have the build-in
> > ethernet like Nate does. I'm using a xircom pcmcia.
> 
> The Xircom PCMCIA is what I had.  I was upgraded to a different level of
> E500 that has a Mini-PCI NIC.  When I installed Debian on my earlier
> E500, it did not detect sound and I just have not had time to mess with
> it.  Does Nate have an E500 with embedded NIC?  What is his solution to
> the Mini-PCI problem?

I have a Sony, not a IBM.  :)

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