SoulNothing 0 Posted February 29, 2004 Alright i just got linux for my desktop and i want to put it on my laptop the thing is the specs are extremely low 166mhz intel mmx 16 bit creative soundcard 16 mb video card unsure manufacture 2 gig hard drive so it needs to take up little space and be very small as well as stable any recommendations and is it even smart to put linux on a laptop. thanks in advance for the help Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted February 29, 2004 Try Morphix. If the live cd works well on your laptop, it should also work when installed to hd. Share this post Link to post
SoulNothing 0 Posted February 29, 2004 got it issue though it says you passed an undefined mode number press return to see video modes space to skip again im clueless as to the graphic card the laptop is a micron transport xpe when i load it the screen just stays black the cd rom is 4x though Share this post Link to post
Dapper Dan 0 Posted February 29, 2004 That would be a vid card issue for sure. Rats!! I'm not real up on vid cards for laptops but if you could find an Nvidia for it, it would probably work. Share this post Link to post
SoulNothing 0 Posted February 29, 2004 are you suggesting i switch the inside with a nvidia the inside is like a rats nest it is not fun taking apart and i dont know what card it is but i also have featherlight debian Gibraltar Firewall Red hat Mandrake Beernix Morphix and slackware you think any of these would work on my laptop i just love cable and the vid card gave some options im just not fast enough to write it down because then it goes straight into the linux kernel which, and then it is done i dont think i can use a live cd judging by both the processor and cd speed i tried featherlight and left it on for three hours still hasnt boot Share this post Link to post
SoulNothing 0 Posted February 29, 2004 Ive heard great things bout gentoo cept the fact of installing ill give it a try Share this post Link to post
SoulNothing 0 Posted March 1, 2004 I couldnt get gentoo before i had to go but i did get debian on there i installed the first cd but not the second because it took 20 minutes to load the second anyway its text interface anyway to get to a gui and linux found the video card to be vesa vga which is odd because under win2k pro it found it to be a svga becaue i had high resolution going. Share this post Link to post