Re: tlug: Linux on laptop

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Marcus Metzler wrote:

> Hi,
> Domenico Carlucci writes:
>  > Hallo everyone, 
>  > 
>  > I finally installed (partially!) Linux on my laptop 
>  > Canon Innova 5500GX together with W95
>  > (english and japanese version). 
>  > I'd like to thank this mailing list for 
>  > the useful help. 
>  > 
>  > Well, anyway, I do not understand how come that 
>  > Canon is so "Bill Gates-oriented". 
>  > 
> Aren`t all companies?
>  > I still have to configure many pieces of 
>  > hardware like Sound blaster and so on 
>  > and Canon does not provide the necessary technical 
>  > informations. 
>  > 
> I also have a Canon Innova (3500EX). When I had a problem with the hardware
> I just took a look at the win95 system settings. There one can find
> information about hardware models, interrupts etc. . In this way I found out
> what soundcard I had and what kind of PCMCIA Controller.
>  > The only informations are avalaible at 
>  > 
>  > http://www.canon-sales.co.jp/Product/INNOVA/s5500gx.html
>  > 
> That`s true, but that`s already more than I found for my old notebook.
> 
>  > and, when I call then up, they say that there should be enough!
>  > For W95, of course....
>  > 
> Usually a waste of time. Linux? How do you spell that?
> 
>  > Shouldn't they provide a complete description 
>  > of all the hardware, expecially for a so expensive 
>  > laptop?
>  > 
> One would think so. But why bother when evrybody uses windoze.
> The worst thing of my note is the bios setup.
> 
> Well, if you have any more problems, maybe I can help.
> 

You shouldn't need to know what kind of PCMCIA controller it has... with
TurboLinux, at least, if the pcmcia-cs has a module for your PCMCIA
controller, it will be autodetected and used.  And, it will autodetect and
use your pcmcia network/scsi/etc.  The sound, however... you'd have to use
TL 1.2 with the modular sound support .. but it would probably work.

Anyone with a laptop want to be a TL 1.4J beta tester and find out?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Linux Developer/Systems Administrator for Pacific HiTech, Inc. 
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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