[ale] Linux on Laptops

[Jim Philips]

I just installed RH 7.2 on a Dell Inspiron series. Partitioning the disk was a 
little difficult, but I finally relied on parted for that and it works really 
well. Once partitioning was done, Linux installation went by without a hitch.

Parted rocks, by the way. You can download a boot and root disk for splitting 
your Windows partition. It's way superior to FIPS.

On Friday 28 June 2002 11:54 pm, John LaPierre wrote:
> Geoffrey's Omnibook post prompted me to post this message -
>
> Last December I bought a Toshiba Satellite 5005-S504 notebook. And for the
> stock XP Home Edition it worked OK. But of course I had to put a real OS on
> it. Well, I did not do my homework. A simple Google moment would have
> steered me away from the Toshiba Satellite 5000 series altogether. They are
> 'legacy free', read "no bios access". The only bios access is through an
> applet that will only run in Windows XP. How convenient for M$. So just to
> install linux, I have to download several patches, compile my kernel a
> certain way, and then I get almost full functionality.
>
> To make a long story short, if you are looking for a Linux friendly laptop,
> look beyond the Toshiba 5000 - 6000 series. There is also a class action
> suit being brought against Toshiba for a flaw in the design of this series
> that causes overheating and shutdown every few minutes. I thankfully have
> not had that problem, but many hundreds have and they're organizing now.
>
> http://putland.linux-site.net/mailman/listinfo/toshiba-5005
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toshiba5005/
>
> I will be giving this laptop to my daughter when she leaves for college
> this August, so if anyone can recommend of a Linux friendly laptop that I
> can replace it with, I'd be grateful. Thanks...
>
> jj


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