Re: tlug: Linux on laptop

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

 > 
 > You shouldn't need to know what kind of PCMCIA controller it has... with
 > TurboLinux, at least, if the pcmcia-cs has a module for your PCMCIA
 > controller, it will be autodetected and used.  And, it will autodetect and
 > use your pcmcia network/scsi/etc.  The sound, however... you'd have to use
 > TL 1.2 with the modular sound support .. but it would probably work.
Are you so sure. I have a friend with a Toshiba laptop and a ToPIC95 PCMCIA
controller. This controller is not supported, but I found out that the Toshiba
notes have an option in the BIOS setup that switches the controller to a 
compatibility mode that works with linux. Another problem may be some timing
adjustments or interrupt selections that have to be made when using the 
pcmcia-cs, does TurboLinux support that? More importantly, the real trouble
starts, when you have pcmcia cards that are not recognized by the cardmanager.
Sometimes it is possible to patch the pcmcia-cs, so that they can be used.
 > 
 > Anyone with a laptop want to be a TL 1.4J beta tester and find out?
 > 
I already volunteered to beta test, or maybe I did not make that clear in my
mail. So if you tell me how to get TL 1.4J, I will test it on my note and my
desktop.

Marcus

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Toho University
Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba 274
Japan

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