Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Shlomo Yona
Hello, Sadly, I gave back the IBM Thinkpad T22 my thesis advisor let me keep for two years. I am on my own now. I would like to get an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is today's version of the good old t22. I used to use the t22 with only Linux but once I upgraded to Mandrake 9 experienced severe

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Lior Kaplan
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: Linux on a laptop Hello, Sadly, I gave back the IBM Thinkpad T22 my thesis advisor let me keep for two years. I am on my own now. I would like to get an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is today's version of the good old t22. I

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:57:06 +0300 (IDT) Subject: Linux on a laptop Hello, Sadly, I gave back the IBM Thinkpad T22 my thesis advisor let me keep for two years. I am on my own now. I would like to get an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is today's

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Shlomo Yona
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Lior Kaplan wrote: See this page and hear (and learn) from others' experience. http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html Thanks. Been there. Sadly, it is insufficient. I wonder if there is any local (Israeli) company or if there are individuals who are willing to tackle

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Shlomo Yona
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Hi Shlomo, Hello, Few days ago I installed redhat 9 on Thinkpad T40 - the basic stuff works well (video, audio, ethernet, modem [use smartlink driver], pcmcia, usb, etc) You might need some patches for your kernel in order to have better DMA

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Shlomo Yona
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Alon Weinstein wrote: I have RH9 Win98 (what came with the thinkpad :)) on my T21. Hardware support is great, aside one annoying thing -- the Ultrabay, which is used to hot-swap Floppy DVD (and any other optional things, I guess) I am not surprised. The T21 series

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Shlomo Yona wrote: Hello, Sadly, I gave back the IBM Thinkpad T22 my thesis advisor let me keep for two years. I am on my own now. I would like to get an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is today's version of the good old t22. Look at a Macintosh laptop. Yellow Dog sells a good linux for it.

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Shlomo Yona wrote: I used to have no problems as long as I had my linux co-exist with the preloaded win98. Once I upgraded the windows there, something must have broke and the hibernation went caput. You probably deleted or moved the hidden file hiberfile.sys. Geoff -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Shlomo Yona
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote: Suspend/Resume - I didn't need it because the Linux was mostly used inside VMWare, so all suspend/resume is done by VMWare itself. Please tell me a bit about VMWARE and linux. I was informed that it requires a new license and an upgrade whenever

RE: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Shlomo Yona
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Tal, Shachar wrote: That is utter nonsense. I run both Linux (various kernels) and Windows 2003 Server with a single VMWare license and without any upgrades. Shachar Tal Verint Systems Which OS actually runs the VMWare? -- Shlomo Yona [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Tal, Shachar
Both Linux and Windows 2000. Shachar Tal Verint Systems -Original Message- From: Shlomo Yona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:26 PM To: Tal, Shachar Cc: Hetz Ben Hamo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Linux on a laptop On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Tal, Shachar

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Please tell me a bit about VMWARE and linux. I was informed that it requires a new license and an upgrade whenever you change kernek. How true is this? You're a bit mistaken... You don't need a new license for each kernel, but you do have to re-run the vmware-config.pl to let it

Re: Linux on a laptop

2003-09-17 Thread Edward Aronovich
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Shlomo Yona wrote: Hello, Sadly, I gave back the IBM Thinkpad T22 my thesis advisor let me keep for two years. I am on my own now. I would like to get an IBM Thinkpad T40, which is today's version of the good old t22. Consider the A-30 (reason follows). I used to

Re: Linux on a laptop

1999-03-29 Thread Vadim Smelyansky
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Itamar S.-T. wrote: IST Hi, i have installed RH 5.2 on an Armada 1700, it was fairly trivial, IST except that the pcmcia ethernet interface did not work, despite the fact IST that the documentation indicated that our card was supported (intel ether ISTpro 10/100) IST ISTIn