On 5/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm just comparing the spec against my Toshiba A10 which is probably > obsolete but no doubt similar models are available. My main criteria > were price and Linux compatibility. > > On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 09:46:13PM +1000, Michael (Micksa) Slade wrote: > > > - good linux compatibility. I want to be able to suspend-to-ram/resume. > > Overall the Toshiba A10 is pretty good. I was wondering why the wireless > LAN was incompatible until someone from Toshiba who knew these things > pointed out that the really cheap model (that I bought) comes with the > case switch and lamp for wireless LAN but does not come with any actual > wireless LAN (costs more to make two different cases than it does to > just leave chips off the board).
Does the machine have a miniPCI slot and internal antenna installed, as you could just buy a miniPCI wireless card and install it. Then have internal wireless lan card -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
