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Linux on a Compaq 1800T Laptop

I put Slackware 7 on my Compaq 1800T laptop. A general discussion of the laptop and other OSes on it can be found here. In this page I provide more detailed information specifically about Linux.

I particular I'm starting to actively test the 2.4 kernel on it in hopes that 2.4 will work well on my laptop when it is released. It does seem to basically work but there are some gotchas.

Production Configuration Files

I have archived kernel .config, XF86Config and lilo.conf files for stable software installations on my laptop here.

Linux Testing

Results of testing (lately linux kernel builds) and saved .config files can be found on my Linux testing page.

linux-kernel excerpts

Selected messages from the linux-kernel mailing list relating to my laptop.

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