"Marcia Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hello all, Thank you for all of your laptop info and suggestions. I finally
purchased a "built for you" Compaq Presario 1700T P600 laptop with 14.1" TFT
XGA display, 64 megs of memory, 12 gigs of harddrive, CD rom 56K PCI Modem and
10/100 NIC card. Lilon Batteries and Windows 98 SE. I hope to get it in a week
or less. Is there any advice for putting on Linux? Would I better off with
Mandrake 7.0 or 7.1? Thank you for your help. Marcia
Marcia,
Be certain to check the laptop page for advice. I'm concerned about two
things in your setup: the PCI modem and Compaq's proprietary bios.
Typically (though not 100% of the time) PCI modems are winmodems and not too
likely to work w/Linux. And from what I've read, Compaq is know for its
proprietary bios that can occasionally be problematic. The laptop page you've
been referred to earlier by someone else on our list might be helpful.
Good Luck,
Mike
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