Hardware/laprtops

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Phillip Molloy wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 PM> ok is the following hardware supported? It is a weird
 PM> config, so thats why I'm asking.

 PM> IBM THINKPAD Dock II w/ adaptec scsi adapter, and Future
 PM> domain 2x scsi cd-rom IBM Thinkpad EL
 PM> 24 MB Ram
 PM> 3c509- 3com combo in PnP mode, in the dock II
 PM> Etherlink - 3com III PCMCIA card in the thinkpad
 PM> Megahertz Xj288 PCMCIA modem in thinkpad.

This should all be supported, except for the Thinkpad itself.  While most
Thinkpads are supported, you omit the real model number (365EL?).

 PM> can the BLU reccomend a distribution which might make the
 PM> installation easier? or better yet make any sense of the
 PM> caldera preview II installation guide on choosing bootdisk
 PM> images? (It has this weird chart. I like red hats text file
 PM> better. lists each image, and the specs for it.) also the
 PM> caldera cd I have at the moment has kernel 1.2.13. thanks

All of that choosing of images goes away in the newer distributions, including
Debian 1.1 and Red Hat 4.0.
 
-- Mike