Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...

[mike miller]

I've been having trouble getting FC6 to recognize the Realtek RTL8139 NIC on 
another motherboard although Ubuntu did. I had some other issues with Ubuntu 
so I'm trying to get it working with FC6.  Let me know how you make out.

Mike Miller

Mike Miller
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mike shlitz" <mshlitz at yahoo.com>
To: <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: Linux on Compaq Presario Laptop...


> Hi All,
>
> I recently inherited a fairly new Compaq Presario
> V2000 Laptop (V2606CU).  It came to me with MSW Home
> on it and I'd like to switch it over to FC, CentOS, or
> Ubuntu.  (Any suggestions or caveats welcome).
>
> CPU is a Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+  (787 MHz)
>
> Current RAM = 256 MB (I know...)  of which 32 MB is
> shared by the ATI Radeon Express 200M.  (system is
> capable of 2GB, and user can then set video RAM up to
> 128MB.)
>
> 40 GB HDD
> Matsushita UJDA 770 DVD/CDRW drive
> RealTek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
> Broadcom 802.11 b/g WLAN
> Conexant AC-Link Audio
> AC 97 Data/FAX Soft modem w Smart CP
>
> (Also has a 7+ GB FAT 32 partition loaded with HP's
> usual extras.)
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
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