tlug: Sharp PC-PJ1-M3

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Hisashi Nakazawa writes:
 > Hi, all.
 > I got new note PC, Sharp PC-PJ1-M3 and it has Win98 on its 4-Gig disk.

 > 
 > But do you think it's too extravagant for Windows?
 > 
 > I want to install RH-Linux on the other pertition of this laptop.
 > Has anyone installed Linux on that laptop succesefully?
I have installed TurboLinux and SuSe on the PC-PJ1 which has a smaller
disk (3GB) and slower CPU (233) and a different Neomagic Chipset (less 
graphics memory) :(. Everything worked fine.
 > 
 > X is not nessessary. But if possible, I want to know if I can use its
 > own pointing devide.
Sure.
 > 
 > And I need to have LAN avairable. Can I use its built in LAN card
 > (Realtek RTL8193 PCI Fast Ethernet)?
 > 
I am using the 3com 3c574 which works fine. Don`t know about Realtek.
 > How about built in Modem?
 > 
Did not get it to work yet :(.
 > How about Advanced Power Management? Doesn't it cause any
 > problem?
 > 
It works with the 2.0.36 kernels. I only use it to automatically turn
off the machine on reboot. This needs some more work if you want it to 
work with 2.2.1.

 > Any report would be welcome.
I hope that helps. If you have any more questions please ask me. There 
should also be some more stuff in the archives of the tlug mailing list.
 > 
Marcus

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