[ILUG] Linux on laptop
Michael Treacy
delphi91 at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 27 19:21:07 GMT 2000
>From: Lars Hecking <lhecking at nmrc.ucc.ie>
>To: ilug at linux.ie
>Subject: [ILUG] Linux on laptop
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 18:12:24 +0000
>
>
> A local user here wants to buy a (not further specified) AST laptop,
> 1996 or 1997 model and put Redhat on it. I went through the ilug list
> archive, but couldn't find anything relating to AST. Has anyone here
> installed Linux on such a beast?
>
> My biggest worry was support for X, but that should be ok according
> the XFree86 web site (it uses some Cirrus Logic GD754x chip). And I
> guess that, considering its age, all hardware should be supported
> (CD-ROM, floppy, PCMCIA etc).
>
>
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Lars,
Try here: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/
It's a mine of info.
Mike
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