> The trick is to leave the MBR alone and to install lilo in the root of
> my "/" partition.


For Info :
All works fine with a NT loader on the MBR which launch Lilo.

FC

I solved the problem with the help of Avery Pennarun (maintainer of
apm).
The trick is to leave the MBR alone and to install lilo in the root of
my "/" partition.

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=25
> Hi all,
>
> Dell CPt C400/128 Mb ram, win98 + RedHat 6.0, kernel 2.2.10 with APM
> compiled in. Disk layout :
>
> MBR:      lilo                                partition type
> 133 Mb    original save_to_disk partition     primary
> 1.5 Gb    win 98, shrinked with FIPS 2.0      primary
> 4.4 Gb    Linux RH 6                          4 logicals (3 + swap)
>
> The problem :
>
> when I save to ram with <FN>-<suspend>, it works, and the resume works
> as well (better so).
>
> when I save to disk with <FN>-<a>, a resume (power button) bring the
> normal
> lilo, instead of booting from the S2D partition.
>
> If I defined a lilo.conf entry for /dev/hda2 (S2D part), I can select
it
> and get the resume working.

> The only inadequacy I have found is the sound card.  I
> have a Latitude so that may prove the difference.  But
> you might want to enquire.

Thanks!  I did overlook the sound card.  Steve Hsieh
(http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/) claims that
there is a beta commercial driver for the ESS Maestro-2
sound.  But if this is a problem for folks, I'd like to
know about it.  Thanks!


-- David Noelle, Ph.D. (noelle@...)

The only inadequacy I have found is the sound card.  I
have a Latitude so that may prove the difference.  But
you might want to enquire.

--- noelle@... wrote:
> Greetings!  I am considering the purchase of a Dell
> Inspiron 7000 on which I intend to live in Linux.  I
> need some knowledgeable folks to help me determine
> if
> there are appropriate drivers for all of the
> components
> of this machine.  I've done some research into this
> matter, but I'd like a sanity check or two.  Any
> help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> The machine in question has the following features:
>
>   *  P II, 400 MHz, 15" XGA Active Matrix TFT
>
>   *  8MB ATI Mobility-P 3D Video with 2X AGP
>
>      Steve Hsieh
> (http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/)
>      provides some ways to deal with this video card
> with a
>      15" monitor.  Any known problems?
>
>   *  10GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
>
>   *  128M, SDRAM, 2DIMMs
>
>   *  Removable Combo 4X DVD-Rom Drive & 3.5" Floppy
> Drive
>
>      I realize that there are no DVD drivers around.
>  Steve
>      Hsieh claims that this drive may be accessed as
> a
>      CD-Rom, however.  Any known issues with either
> the
>      CD aspect or floppy aspect of this removable
> drive?
>
>   *  56K PCMCIA KFlex Psion Gold Card Global
>
>      According to Steve Hsieh's page, this should be
> fine.
>
>   *  3Com 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card
>
>      I think I found an experimental driver for
> this.
>      Any experience with drivers for these fast
> ethernet
>      cards?
>
> Thanks very much for your attention and your help!
>
>
>
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Greetings!  I am considering the purchase of a Dell
Inspiron 7000 on which I intend to live in Linux.  I
need some knowledgeable folks to help me determine if
there are appropriate drivers for all of the components
of this machine.  I've done some research into this
matter, but I'd like a sanity check or two.  Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

The machine in question has the following features:

   *  P II, 400 MHz, 15" XGA Active Matrix TFT

   *  8MB ATI Mobility-P 3D Video with 2X AGP

      Steve Hsieh (http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/)
      provides some ways to deal with this video card with a
      15" monitor.  Any known problems?

   *  10GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive

   *  128M, SDRAM, 2DIMMs

   *  Removable Combo 4X DVD-Rom Drive & 3.5" Floppy Drive

      I realize that there are no DVD drivers around.  Steve
      Hsieh claims that this drive may be accessed as a
      CD-Rom, however.  Any known issues with either the
      CD aspect or floppy aspect of this removable drive?

   *  56K PCMCIA KFlex Psion Gold Card Global

      According to Steve Hsieh's page, this should be fine.

   *  3Com 10/100 Fast Ethernet PC Card

      I think I found an experimental driver for this.
      Any experience with drivers for these fast ethernet
      cards?

Thanks very much for your attention and your help!


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Hi all,

Dell CPt C400/128 Mb ram, win98 + RedHat 6.0, kernel 2.2.10 with APM
compiled in. Disk layout :

MBR:      lilo                                partition type
133 Mb    original save_to_disk partition     primary
1.5 Gb    win 98, shrinked with FIPS 2.0      primary
4.4 Gb    Linux RH 6                          4 logicals (3 + swap)

The problem :

when I save to ram with <FN>-<suspend>, it works, and the resume works
as well (better so).

when I save to disk with <FN>-<a>, a resume (power button) bring the
normal
lilo, instead of booting from the S2D partition.

If I defined a lilo.conf entry for /dev/hda2 (S2D part), I can select it
and get the resume working.

How should I configure this mess so it recognize when it was saved to
disk
and do the appropriate resume ? Works with Win98, but not with Linux.

Could it be that I don't use the same partition type ?

Any hint welcome.

Charles

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 mf@... wrote:

> I am on a Dell Lattitude CPMX233XT and it is in a docking station.
> However, I cannot connect to the NT network. Anyone who could help me
> in this matter I would appreciate an email at mf@...
> thanks in advance
> Matt

Why do you want to connmect to an NT network ?

If you want NT fileserving and printing then you'll need to install SAMBA.

Can get a TCP/IP connection at all ? Is the adaptor working ?

Neil

I am on a Dell Lattitude CPMX233XT and it is in a docking station.
However, I cannot connect to the NT network. Anyone who could help me
in this matter I would appreciate an email at mf@...
thanks in advance
Matt

<37974122.34585173-@...> wrote:
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=15
> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:05:40 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Does anyone know how to
> >correct this or is the only solution to disable this feature in the
> >bios?
>
> I don't know about this. Which window manager are U using ?
>
> Neil
>
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> Could you send me your XF86Config file so that I can replace mine?
>
> Thank you.  As for the docking station problem, I imagine you'd have to
> be able to switch between two configurations.  How I don't know.
>
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# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.

#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# See 'man XF86Config' for info on the format of this file

Section "Files"
    RgbPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath   "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
    Protocol        "Standard"
    AutoRepeat      500 5
    LeftAlt         Meta
    RightAlt        Meta
    ScrollLock      Compose
    RightCtl        Control
    XkbKeycodes     "xfree86"
    XkbTypes        "default"
    XkbCompat       "default"
    XkbSymbols      "us(pc101)"
    XkbGeometry     "pc"
    XkbRules        "xfree86"
    XkbModel        "pc101"
    XkbLayout       "us"
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol        "PS/2"
    Device          "/dev/mouse"
    BaudRate        1200
    Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier      "My Monitor"
    VendorName      "Unknown"
    ModelName       "Unknown"
    HorizSync       31.5-57.0
    VertRefresh     50-90
    Modeline  "1024x768"   75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync
-vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier      "Generic VGA"
    VendorName      "Unknown"
    BoardName       "Unknown"
    Chipset         "NM2200"


EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier      "My Video Card"
    VendorName      "Unknown"
    BoardName       "Unknown"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver          "Accel"
    Device          "My Video Card"
    Monitor         "My Monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    BlankTime       0
    SuspendTime     0
    OffTime         0
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        8
       Modes        "1024x768"
       ViewPort     0 0
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        15
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        16
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        24
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        32
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver          "SVGA"
    Device          "My Video Card"
    Monitor         "My Monitor"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    BlankTime       0
    SuspendTime     0
    OffTime         0
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        8
       Modes        "1024x768"
       ViewPort     0 0
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        15
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        16
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        24
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        32
       Modes        "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver          "VGA16"
    Device          "Generic VGA"
    Monitor         "My Monitor"
    BlankTime       0
    SuspendTime     0
    OffTime         0
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        4
       Modes        "1024x768"
       ViewPort     0 0
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver          "VGA2"
    Device          "Generic VGA"
    Monitor         "My Monitor"
    BlankTime       0
    SuspendTime     0
    OffTime         0
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth        1
       Modes        "1024x768"
       ViewPort     0 0
    EndSubSection
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Could you send me your XF86Config file so that I can replace mine?

Thank you.  As for the docking station problem, I imagine you'd have to
be able to switch between two configurations.  How I don't know.

Mike Overvold

  <pine.a41.4.10.9907151638200.30332-10000-@...>
wrote:
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=19
> I wouldn't think so.  Just running XConfigurator as root afterwards
> would change the configuration without having to reinstall.
> If that doesn't work for you, try XF86Setup instead.
>
>
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> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Michael Overvold wrote:
>
> > I have RH 6.0 and I had to manually configure my
> > monitor and video card in the setup process.  Should I
> > reinstall?
> >
> > --- Chuck Boeheim <boeheim@...> wrote:
> > > I have the same configuration.  Redhat 6.0 was able
> > > to autodetect
> > > the card and the display, and gave me 1024x768
> > > resolution right
> > > away.  If you're using a different distribution, I
> > > think just
> > > getting the very latest XFree86 distribution
> > > installed should
> > > support it.
> > >
> > > What I can't get it to do is to drive an external
> > > monitor,
> > > e.g, when it's in the docking station.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-=-=-
> > > Chuck Boeheim     Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> > >       (650) 926-4640
> > > SLAC Computing Services    Assistant Director
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> > > On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 overvold@... wrote:
> > >
> > > > Does anyone know a way to get a higher resolution
> > > than 320*200 with a
> > > > NeoMagic 256AV Video card?  I have a Latitude CPiA
> > > 366.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you.
> > > > Michael Overvold
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I wouldn't think so.  Just running XConfigurator as root afterwards
would change the configuration without having to reinstall.
If that doesn't work for you, try XF86Setup instead.


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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Michael Overvold wrote:

> I have RH 6.0 and I had to manually configure my
> monitor and video card in the setup process.  Should I
> reinstall?
>
> --- Chuck Boeheim <boeheim@...> wrote:
> > I have the same configuration.  Redhat 6.0 was able
> > to autodetect
> > the card and the display, and gave me 1024x768
> > resolution right
> > away.  If you're using a different distribution, I
> > think just
> > getting the very latest XFree86 distribution
> > installed should
> > support it.
> >
> > What I can't get it to do is to drive an external
> > monitor,
> > e.g, when it's in the docking station.
> >
> >
> >
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> > Chuck Boeheim     Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
> >       (650) 926-4640
> > SLAC Computing Services    Assistant Director
> > Boeheim@...
> > Contact info & PGP key:
> > http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~boeheim
> >
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 overvold@... wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone know a way to get a higher resolution
> > than 320*200 with a
> > > NeoMagic 256AV Video card?  I have a Latitude CPiA
> > 366.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > > Michael Overvold
> > >
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I have RH 6.0 and I had to manually configure my
monitor and video card in the setup process.  Should I
reinstall?

--- Chuck Boeheim <boeheim@...> wrote:
> I have the same configuration.  Redhat 6.0 was able
> to autodetect
> the card and the display, and gave me 1024x768
> resolution right
> away.  If you're using a different distribution, I
> think just
> getting the very latest XFree86 distribution
> installed should
> support it.
>
> What I can't get it to do is to drive an external
> monitor,
> e.g, when it's in the docking station.
>
>
>
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> Chuck Boeheim     Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
>       (650) 926-4640
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> Boeheim@...
> Contact info & PGP key:
> http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~boeheim
>
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>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 overvold@... wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know a way to get a higher resolution
> than 320*200 with a
> > NeoMagic 256AV Video card?  I have a Latitude CPiA
> 366.
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Michael Overvold
> >
> >
> >
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I have the same configuration.  Redhat 6.0 was able to autodetect
the card and the display, and gave me 1024x768 resolution right
away.  If you're using a different distribution, I think just
getting the very latest XFree86 distribution installed should
support it.

What I can't get it to do is to drive an external monitor,
e.g, when it's in the docking station.


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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 overvold@... wrote:

> Does anyone know a way to get a higher resolution than 320*200 with a
> NeoMagic 256AV Video card?  I have a Latitude CPiA 366.
>
> Thank you.
> Michael Overvold
>
>
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Does anyone know a way to get a higher resolution than 320*200 with a
NeoMagic 256AV Video card?  I have a Latitude CPiA 366.

Thank you.
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On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:05:40 -0700, you wrote:

>Does anyone know how to
>correct this or is the only solution to disable this feature in the
>bios?

I don't know about this. Which window manager are U using ?

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I have a Latitude CP M233XT running Redhat 6.0 and when the display
suspends I get a corrupted display. I have to ctrl-alt-backspace to
kill the X-server to correct the problem. Does anyone know how to
correct this or is the only solution to disable this feature in the
bios?

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I have a Latitude CPi A300ST and I installed Red Hat 6.0 on it. I have
problems configuring the sound. My audio card is NeoMagic MagicMedia
256AV. Any suggestions? I would be grateful for nay kind of help.
Thank you!

Dragos Stoica

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On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:12:35 GMT, you wrote:

>Hey all...I just got my hands on a new Dell Latitude CPt.  It's a Celeron
>333a, 192
>MB, and using the NeoMagic 256ZX for video.  It also has a 3Com/Megahertz
>3c574BT 10/100 PCMCIA card.  I'm trying to get Red Hat 6.0 up and totally
>happy on it.  Problems:

is that card different from the 256's shipped with cpi 300's ? The 256 with
those models works fine with x 3.3.3 drivers.

DHCP is easyish. You can set it upfrom the gnome control panel. in RH.

As for the ethernet card, try the latest PCMICA package.

As for sound, urm, I can't get it to work either.

Neil

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Hey all...I just got my hands on a new Dell Latitude CPt.  It's a Celeron
333a, 192
MB, and using the NeoMagic 256ZX for video.  It also has a 3Com/Megahertz
3c574BT 10/100 PCMCIA card.  I'm trying to get Red Hat 6.0 up and totally
happy on it.  Problems:

     - The SVGA server doesn't play nicely with the 256ZX.  I downloaded the
binary-only beta NeoMagic server from Precision Insight's FTP, and that
will at
least give me video, but it looks like 320x200 or so, and that's it...I can
see like
the middle 50% of the GNOME splash screen, and you can't get it to pan to
the
rest of the screen.  On starting up the X server, it seems the server
thinks I have
64k of video ram (when I have 4 MB).

     - The pcmcia package that ships with RH 6 is earlier than 3.0.0, which
is the
first version to include a driver (admittedly flaky) for the 3c574.  I
downloaded
3.0.13 and built and installed that.  I think the driver is being loaded
now, since
doing an insmod on the 3c574 driver says that it's already in.  However, I
have
no net access...if nothing else, because I also need to get DHCP up and
running
(which I know squat about).  The dhcpcd package is installed, but I don't
know
how to use it yet...just running it has it sitting there and timing out
after a
minute or so.  (I'll look out for a DHCP howto to try to get a clue here)

     - I don't know if this is normal, but I couldn't install off of the
CD-ROM...I
booted up, and when it asks for the CD, I have to pull the floppy drive to
swap in
the CD-ROM, and the RH installer isn't aware of the drive after it is
swapped in.
I ended up having to copy the CD to a separate FAT partition and installing
off
of that.  I originally intended to do a normal FTP install, but I couldn't
do that, as
the RH 6 installer and PCMCIA support disk don't support the 574.

So, basically, I need to know:

     - Is it possible to get X working on this bugger?
     - How do I get pcmcia 3.0.13 and dhcpcd working and playing nicely
together?
     - Also, does anyone know about support for this laptop's NeoMagic
MagicMedia 256 sound?

Inquiring minds want to know :)  There are about 150 of us new hires who
are
being issued this exact configuration, and a good handful of us are
interested in
getting Linux working on it.  (just having NT leaves me feeling so naked!)

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

Corbett J. Klempay
(512) 685-4193 / corbett.klempay@...
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I have successfully installed RedHat 6.0 on my XP475c.  However, I am havin=
g problems getting the display configured for X.  I finally had some success=
  last night with 320x200 but cannot get 640x480 at all.  Winders95 will driv=
e the DualScan at 640x480x256 but XF86 is having problems.

Anybody got a working config?


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On Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:55:57 -0000, you wrote:

>
>I'm hoping to install RedHat 5.1 on my I7000, and I've got Partition Magic 3
available for partitioning. I want to keep Win 98 (shame on me :-) in 4Gb of my
8Gb hard disk, so what partitions should I create using PM, and which will the
installation program create for me?

is your disk patitioned at all ? If you have at least 2 partitions then you can
use redhat parition manager you creat linux partitions on the second one (which
should be empty - make use no windoze applications need to write to it).

-- if not i'd use PM to split the 8GB into two. I'd go for 4 & 4.

RH comes with a good partition manger for splitting out empty partitions.

Ususally you'll need at least 2 - linux and swap. But its probably good practise
to have more - say one for /home and perhaps one for /usr.

Read the RH manual, or see HOTWOs on www.redhat.com for  discussion of the best
thing to do.

BTW, I'd upgrade to RH 6.0 if you can as it has newer drivers etc. etc. and
Gnome which is a very good environment manager with some usueful software.

Neil
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I'm hoping to install RedHat 5.1 on my I7000, and I've got Partition Magic 3
available for partitioning. I want to keep Win 98 (shame on me :-) in 4Gb of my
8Gb hard disk, so what partitions should I create using PM, and which will the
installation program create for me?

I know that a fair bit of this is probably in the FAQ... Sorry :-)

TIA,
/\/\ike


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http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

This is the place to look but hopefully the mailing list will be able to fill
the gaps.

Neil
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Anyone familiar with Dell's new Latitude Cpt line?  Here's my preferred specs --
any comments?

Thank you again,

Richard

Latitude CPt:
  Latitude CPt, 333MHz, 14.1 inch TFT XGA Display
CPTC333 - [220-3280]

Memory:
  64MB SDRAM, 1 DIMM
64M - [311-0724]

Hard Drive:
  4.8GB Hard Drive
48CP - [340-7506]

Operating System:
  Microsoft Windows 98 (CD-ROM) AGAIN, YUCK
W98 - [420-0194]

Mouse:
  Microsoft PS/2 Style System Mouse
PS/2 - [310-0264]

Modem:
  3Com 10/100 LAN + 56K Modem CardBus PC Card
MO56LAN - [313-0279]

DVD/CDROM:
  24X max/10X min CD-ROM Drive
CD24 - [313-0249]

Additional Battery:
  No Secondary Battery
BX - [312-0505]

Service:
  1Yr Next Business Day On-Site Service (Wang)
WI1W - [900-1150][900-9054]

File Systems:
  FAT32 File System for Windows 95/98
FAT32 - [420-0137]

Additional Options:
  Nylon Carrying Case, Dual Compartment
CC4 - [310-6504]




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Hello all,

I am considering buying a Dell Inspiron 3500, and then installing Red Hat 6.0. 
Does anyone have comments on the system configuration listed?  I am curious as
to the modem/LAN card I chose.  I am trying to avoid the Winmodem.  Any thoughts
appreciated!

Richard

Dell Inspiron 3500 Notebook:
  Intel Celeron® processor 366MHz,14.1" XGA Active Matrix TFT
KC36GH - [220-5602]

Memory:
  64MB 1DIMM
64M1D - [311-1394]

Hard Drive:
  6.4GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
64GB - [340-1369]

Operating System:
  Microsoft Windows 98 on CD-ROM  YUCK!
W98 - [420-0205]

Analog Modem:
  3Com 10/100 56K Combo Card (Customer Installed)
MLC - [412-0200][412-6890][430-0188]

DVD-ROM or CD-ROM:
  24X max/10X min Variable CD-ROM Drive
CD24 - [313-0301]

Inspiron 3500 Setup Video:
  Inspiron 3500 Setup Video
VID - [310-0304]

Bundled Software:
  Microsoft Works Suite 99 with Money 99 Basic
IWORKS - [412-0617]

McAfee VirusScan at no additional charge:
  McAfee VirusScan 4.02
MCAFEE - [412-8429]

Accessories:
  Nylon Carrying Case,Dual Compartment
NCC - [310-0219]

Service:
  3-Year Limited Warranty
3RR - [900-5330][900-5332]






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----- Original Message -----

From: Glen Campbell

To: linux-dell-laptops@egroups.com

Sent: 05 June 1999 22:40

Subject: [linux-dell-laptops] Linux on Dell Latitude LT

I recently installed Linux on my new Dell Latitude LT. So far, only two real problems that I'm hoping someone can help me with.

 

First, the LT has a PCMCIA laptop made by Matsushita (Matshita). I understand that it's really a Panasonic under the covers, but I cannot find a driver to support it. Has anyone else had any luck getting this to work?

 

Second, I can't seem to get the audio components to work. Does anyone know the proper settings (I/O, Irq, DMA) for the Crystal Semiconductor audio chipset in the LT?

Thanks In Advance,

Glen Campbell

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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 22:40:59 +0100, you wrote:

>Second, I can't seem to get the audio components to work. Does anyone know =
>the proper settings (I/O, Irq, DMA) for the Crystal Semiconductor audio chi=
>pset in the LT?

Not sure about this. Have you found the Dell laptops web page ? I'll mail the
address on monday. Its a useful source of info. I need to get sound working on
my machine next, after Samba !

Neil

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