On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Perry Hoekstra wrote: > > > I would NOT recommend Compaq. I have Debian running on an (sort-of, see > > > earlier today post) Armada E500 and it has not been pretty. Now I > > > believe I cannot use the internal Ethernet port on this new E500. I > > > have no mention of support for the Mini-PCI. > > > > > > > I disagree. I have an Compaq E500 also and RH7 installed on it flawlessly. It > > even detected the display/video and sound. But I don't have the build-in > > ethernet like Nate does. I'm using a xircom pcmcia. > > The Xircom PCMCIA is what I had. I was upgraded to a different level of > E500 that has a Mini-PCI NIC. When I installed Debian on my earlier > E500, it did not detect sound and I just have not had time to mess with > it. Does Nate have an E500 with embedded NIC? What is his solution to > the Mini-PCI problem? I have a Sony, not a IBM. :) -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org