[wplug] Laptops

[Bill Powell]

I have managed to get S.u.S.E and and Caldera on my Compaq LTE 5380 which is
also a P133 but with 32M ram and bought a second hard drive and caddy. Once I
was able to find documentation from the Mfg. on the video chip and sound
system I was able to find info from other people that had everything working.
It is slower that I like, but it saved me several hundred dollars (bought
used) at the time and the challenge was well worth it.

You can find quite a bit of hardware information at
http://www.linhardware.com/
or also at http://www.linux.org/hardware/     .

Bill

Doug Green wrote:

> Does anyone have any experience installing Linux on laptops? I have an old
> Texas Instuments Extensa 655CD (16MB ram, 1.2GB hdd, P133MMX) to play with
> (it's spare). Slackware seems
> to be the best choice, but if anyone has laptop experience, I'd like some
> advice. Are there any major (in)compatibility issues I should be aware of
> before I plop in the CD and go for it??
> Thanks
> Doug
>
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