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RE: [PLUG] Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook
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I have an i8100 as well with the GeForce2Go video. Getting X to work is the
only tricky thing and it's not that tricky. IIRC you'll need to download an
nVidia kernel patch and X driver (nVidia's stuff is binary only -- no
source). Check out the FAQ and various files at this Yahoo Group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/
I've found that an invaluable resource to getting my Inspiron up and running
w/ linux (I used Mandrake 8.1 on it BTW). After doing a regular install it
took me a matter of minutes to make the required changed to X and the kernel
and I was up and running. No worries.
Enjoy!
-- Lon
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:paul@dpagin.net]
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:42 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: [PLUG] Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook
Does anyone have any hands-on experience with installing Linux on a Dell
Inspiron 8100 notebook? I want to dual boot Red Hat 7.2 and Windows XP, and
I just want to be prepared for any problems that might come up. (For $1350,
it better work!)
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