Hi!
I have Mandrake 7.0-2 on an Inspiron 3800. I had some problems with the install but
once I did the partioning manually everything worked fine. However, my machine
(acquired in June last year) comes with a built-in Winmodem which is not supported by
Mandrake 7.0-2. Same thing with the ESS soundcard (actually, the modem and the
soundcard is the same hardware), but I think Mandrake 7.2 supports the soundcard.
Don't know about the modem, though. I'm using DSL (via a PCMCIA Ethernet card and
Roaring Penguins pppoe-software) and that works great. There are som really good
resources on installing Linux on laptops on the Web. You can probably find them by
searching for Linux and Inspiron 3800, but let me know if you want me to dig out the
URL. I've got it somewhere...
Solong,
Olof
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> Hi All,
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> I just put in a order for a Dell Inspiron 3800 laptop. Has anybody tried
> Mandrake7.2 on this
> laptop,if so any thing I should know.
> Also it is setup with WinMe,will try a dual boot.
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> Have a great day
> and thanks
> Robert F. Trettel
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