Re: Well, time to cut to the bone...

2004-06-26 Thread Stephen Patterson
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:30:12 +0200, cecil wrote: > install. Setting up power management, I can read up on it. If the laptop's old enough to have a 2 gig drive, it most likely will have apm (which simply works) rather than acpi (which needs a lot of work). > that too can be worked around. But doe

Re: Well, time to cut to the bone...

2004-06-26 Thread Shaun ONeil
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:30:49 -0500, cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yay! My "new" winbook fx is within a truck drive away. Seeing a how its > a 150mhz machine with 32 meg ram and 2 gig hd, I need to start thinking > about how to set this up to be my school laptop. I know linux will > install.

Re: Well, time to cut to the bone...

2004-06-26 Thread dircha
cecil wrote: Setting up power management, I can read up on it. Your mainboard's BIOS may or may not support ACPI, and may or may not be buggy. You might need to use APM, and you might only get partial or minimal support. Search the 'net for "Linux" + [your laptop make and model]. The memory, th

Re: Well, time to cut to the bone...

2004-06-26 Thread Thomas Adam
--- cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Adam wrote: Cecil, Kindly in future make sure you reply via the list. I charge for private consultancy. :) > will xmms even run on this system??? I really like my rant-radio! Yes, it will. -- Thomas Adam = "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http:

Re: Well, time to cut to the bone...

2004-06-26 Thread Thomas Adam
--- cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "base" install for debian takes up? I was going to dual boot to dos(250 ~200 MB. > meg). All I need is my development stuff(pretty much already included), > the pcmcia package, and X. Well, I don't NEED X, but it would be nice. > How much space does Gno

Well, time to cut to the bone...

2004-06-26 Thread cecil
Yay! My "new" winbook fx is within a truck drive away. Seeing a how its a 150mhz machine with 32 meg ram and 2 gig hd, I need to start thinking about how to set this up to be my school laptop. I know linux will install. Setting up power management, I can read up on it. The memory, that too can