Re: Laptops!
ok, next time I trash my vaio screwing around I'll try those. Last
install was before 3.0 was out so I pulled the disk, installed it in a
dell and put it back. The CDRom is bootable so if the 3.0 CD's have USB
kernels I may be good to go anyway.
Thus spake p (pplaw@pcisys.net):
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:51:44 +0000
> From: p <pplaw@pcisys.net>
> To: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Laptops!
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:32:10AM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> >
> >
> > Mike, What bug? I'm using a VAIO since my last dell died. It makes a
> > good little XTerm for ssh'ing to a heavier box for mail, etc (my Vaio is
> > only a P2 with 96Megs) The only problem with the booger is the cdrom
> > and floppy are usb, makes debian installs a bit of a problem, or did
> > with Debian2.2, haven't tried 3.0.
> >
> >
> > Thus spake Michael P. Soulier (msoulier@storm.ca):
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:19:08 -0500
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Subject: Re: Laptops!
> > > X-Mailer: Mutt 1.4i (Debian Linux 2.4.16, i686)
> > > From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca>
> > > X-Mailing-List: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> archive/latest/246471
> > >
> > > On 20/11/02 james leclair did speaketh:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > Could someone be so kind as to recommend a model and brand name of laptop I
> > > > should consider purchasing to run debian on? Thanks in advance, you guys
> > > > have been real helpful!!
> > >
> > > I wouldn't concern yourself too much with the laptop model, as much with
> > > any windows-specific crap in it. You should be able to run Debian on most
> > > laptops. I'm running it on my Sony VAIO with no problems, beyond the bug in
> > > the S3 chipset support of X 4.1, but I'll probably upgrade to 4.2 from
> > > unstable to fix that.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>, GnuPG pub key: 5BC8BE08
> > > "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount
> > > of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to Unix
> > > HTML Email Considered Harmful: http://expita.com/nomime.html
> >
> >
>
> //
>
> the 3.0 usb stiffy's are excellent!
> (developers, thx.)
>
> kthxbye.
>
> b.
>
> //
:wq!
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