[plug] IBM Thinkpad 760XD

[Caleb Duggan]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:44:18 +0800, Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 17:13 +1100, Bruce M. Axtens wrote:
>> Thanks to Thomas at the iVec demo I was able to speed
>> this little monster up by fiddling with hdparm.
>>
>> I installed Ubuntu. Is there a better distro for such
>> a resource-strapped laptop?
I'd Recommend a minimal debian install.
>
> Damn Small Linux maybe - maybe Slackware
> Anyway I have a Tosh 4090 XCDT (400MHz Celery) and I run Ububtu on it
> (with 128MB RAM), and it works quite nicely but boots like molasses in
> winter.
I was using Damn Small Linux for a while on my P1-166 laptop but, ditched  
it for debian because the package management system on DSL isn't the best  
and i don't like compiling stuff. It's time consuming making a minimal  
debian install run as fast as DSL though.
>
>>
>> Also, does anyone have a working PCMCIA card they can
>> lend/give/sell me (in that order) as the one that came
>> with the machine appears to be cactus. Interestingly,
>> Ubuntu recognises it's there and cardctl (or one of
>> those card* thingies) even identifies the card aright,
>> but ethtool can't talk to it and the lights don't
>> flash when I'm connected to the network.
>
> I'm using mine - and it DOES work - recognised and installed right off
> the bat by Ubuntu.
>
> May I suggest you contact Discount Computer Suppliers at 08 9271 2756 -
> they had at least one Xircom PCMCIA ethernet adapter there this morning
> (I phoned to check) going for $30 - they're in Maylands - 241 Railway
> Parade.
>
> I have no connection to them, I just bought this lappy from them a
> couple of years ago, and I have had no problems.
>>
>> Also, how do I tell Ubuntu that I really don't want
>> the scsi/usb/tsdev modules loaded. Sure I can rmmod or
>> (is it?) modprobe -r but that seems only to last up
>> until the next reboot.
>
> I don't know, but I'd suggest starting to look in /etc/...modules* and
> see what you can find.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for all help and suggestions.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bruce.
>>
> HTH



-- 
Caleb Duggan
IRC Nick: scanwinder
Mob Phone: 0423-289-381
Email address: caleb.duggan at gmail.com