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I've got a Dell Inspiron 2650, Pentium 4-M 1.7GHz, 512 MB, 20GB HD, 32MB NVidia GeForce2Go and I originally had a problem loading Knoppix. It would stall out and not load after the initial install list. I used the cheat code "noscsi" and damn if it didn't work. I've had no problem since then have have been able to setup a home directory on an external USB hard drive.
KNOPPIX ROCKS!
I'm using an ibm t30 with a netgear ma401 pcmcia wlan card and a jetflash 128MB usb memory stick. No problems whatsoever. The wlan card was automatically configured and got a DHCP address from my FreeBSD AP.
I have an encrypted hard disk, so there is no possibility for swapping there. I also have 768MB RAM, so that's not really a problem. Booting knoppix toram worked, but I was unable to start X. Now, I'm just running from the CD.
pod
Works and (HD) installs on an Acer TM803LMi, 1.6GHz centrino, 512MB ram, ati radeon 9000 with 64MB of ram, dvd-r writer, 15" 1400x1050 resolution, broadcom NIC.
Clearly wifi doesn't works out of the box.
Still have to try the nDisWrapper project,
Gotta Micron Transport XPe p166, 32 Mb RAM 2 Gb Hdd to run Feather Linux. Needed to noscsi to get it to go. Used zero at the video foolishness that comes before running the kernel. Other options in Feather were VESA, 800x600, 16 bit depth. Haven't gotten sound to work yet.
Tried full knoppix but it hosed up my video and ran too slow. Feather is adequate for my needs
Works great on both of my Vaio's.
FX300
PIII 1 Ghz, 512 Mb ram, 20 gig hd, i81(0/5) graphics (8 megs), usb thumb drive, firewire (used Kino for DV editing), AC97 sound driver, & HCF/HSF linuxant modem driver.
F350
PII 366Mhz, 128 Mb ram, no hd, Neomagic 4 meg video, can't remember the audio but it is better than the FX300, HCF/HSF linuxant modem driver, firewire (haven't used for any DV due to slow chip speed), usb thumb drive.
With the 2.6.2 kernel APM/APCI works great. I also have the SonyPI keys going so when I unplug I can slow down both CPU's with cpufreq, and also I can dim the screens. With the FX300 I can go about 4 hours unplugged doing only word processing (3000mAh batt). I will be getting a second batt for it. No battery in the F350 but I will be getting 1 or 2 for it as well.
~ryan
I have a Gateway M675XL and everything works great on it except the sound it uses the i810_audio with the ac97_codec and the only way I can get sound is if I plug speakers or headphones into the microphone jack.
Fujitsu c-series lifebook and the n-series, might I add it is a lot easier than debian .0121 to install.
Wow working on a Presario 1722EU
Not only is everything working my wireless g pcmcia card (SMC) is working with the last release 2-16.... How cool is this! :lol:
Dell Inspiron 8200
P4-M 2.0GHz
Intel 845MP
Crystal CS4205 audio controller
15" UXGA screen
GeForce4 440 Go video controller
512 MB RAM
Everything works great! I just use screen=1600x1200.
(please note, so far, the bios for this model does not support boot from usb or firewire. hopefully a future update will address this.)
Dell Latitude D600
Intel Centrino 1.6 GHz CPU
40 GB HDD
1 GB RAM
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 802.11b card (still not working)
14.1" SXGA+ Display
8-24-24-24X SWDVD/CDRW Combo Drive
Internal 56k modem (Untested)
Everything I want works great EXCEPT the Intel Centrino-based 2100 wireless networking card.
Any suggestions on how to get that going, would be appreciated.