RE: Debian 2.2 in Armada E500
Hi,
I succeeded in installing debian 2.2 on a compaq e500 - including getting
the X server, mouse, internal modem, etc etc all going.
I don't recall many of the details because everything just worked out of the
box pretty much (except for the modem, which is an mwave winmodem, with
GPLed kernel modules available)
I recommend two things:
1) Check out http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~fst/linux_armada_e500.html
2) Give progeny a try - I've installed the progeny (debian based) distro
onto a coupla notebooks now and its worked beautifully on all of them.
Stick with a debian based distribution, sure it seems a little harder if you
come from the Red Hat/Mandrake world, but it is well worth it for the
simplicity and power in the packaging system.
Cheers
Tim Price
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arian Novruzi [mailto:a.novruzi@math.ubc.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 15:49
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Debian 2.2 in Armada E500
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering if somebody has succeded installing Debian
> in a Armada E500, or in a laptop in general.
>
> Personally, I found installation of Debian quite frustrating, although
> I like this Linux distribution. It's really pity that a dood
> distribution
> like Debian doesn't recognize nothing in my system while RedHat
> recognizes all, without problem (expect modem - winmodem).
> Another thing, I installed Gnome and Enlighment but the graphical
> interface was so strange and difficult to work - I like the design of
> Gnome under Redhat.
>
> After 4 attemps, I succede to install the X server and
> finally the mouse.
> But no success of installing the modem (I didnt' try the
> ethernet card). Because of this I get back into RedHat but
> I intend to try installing Debian again - because I like it
> apt package.
>
> I appreciate any successful experiance with Debian on laptops or
> any other clue (I'm not a linux expert - just a basic user).
>
> Thanks - arian
>
>
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