Partitioning 98 for linux on gatewaySolo2150

[Mike Bilow]

I am not a fan of Gateway laptops, but there are a number of good
resources available about these kinds of issues.  Start here:

	http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

The Gateway 2150 resource is here:

	http://www.graphicanswer.com.au/software/solo2150.html

You will need to run XFree86 3.3.6 or later, which is the version at which
support for your video chipset, the ATI Rage Mobility, was introduced.  If
you use a distribution, use one with a recent enough version of XFree86 so
that this support is included.  Note that Debian 2.2 "potato" does come
with XFree86 3.3.6, as does Red Hat 6.2.  SuSE has an odd system where
you can mix and match your XFree86 version, and 3.3.6 is supported on SuSE
6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3.

-- Mike


On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> I received the following message. If any of you can help him out, please do.
> ------- Forwarded Message
> 
> From: "bloob boober boob" <pixolator at angelfire.com>
> Subject: Partitioning 98 for linux on gatewaySolo2150
> 
> Hello! I'm a soon to be newbie hopefully, about to attempt to partition my 
> drive and load linux [the version I have is mandrake 6.0]. My notebook is a 
> gateway solo2150, and through research I've found out that their might be a 
> problem with the Xwindows configuration, If you have any recommendations or 
> possably a pdf concerning this would you please help me before I jump into 
> this? I also am planning to attend the meeting at MIT so if you have any 
> documentation or a contact I could look out for could you drop me a line?
> THANX!
> Pixolator at angelfire.com


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