LeRoy D. Cressy on Wed, 20 Jan 1999 08:55:02 -0500 (EST)


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Re: Fujitsu 500 Series Lifebook: Linux Okay?


Rob Kennedy wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> Try the linux laptop site..
> http://howto.linuxberg.com/linux-laptop/  (mirror)
> 
> Rob
> 
> On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 bdugan@netaxs.com wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have inherited one of these and would like to load RedHat onto it.
> >
> > Any tips about the hardware compatibilities of the Fujitsu 500 series?
> >
> > Any recommended web sites or newsgroups for linux on laptops?
> >
> > I'm happily running Linux on my desktop machine, but I am inclined to
> > proceed more carefully with the laptop since I suspect there may be
> > some Fujitsu-specific hardware elements.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Ben Dugan

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Hi All,

One of the easiest ways to see if the laptop will boot is to put a
bootdisk in the floppy drive and see what happens when you reboot.  Make
sure that the bios is set to boot off of the floppy and then try booting
your machine with a Linux boot disk.

Some laptop bios won't allow you to boot off the floppy though.  I ran
into an old thinkpad that wouldn't allow a floppy boot except for a ms
OS.  I almost pulled out all of my remaining hair over this!

Anyway,

Have a good day
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