Linux on the Compaq Aramada M700
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After reading several other website about setting up Linux on an M700, I
realized that the hardware specifications for this model laptop vary pretty
drastically.
Hardware
- Pentium III 700Mhz
- 128M RAM
- 10G IDE
- Built-in Lucent winmodem
- Built-in Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100
- DVD ROM
- USB
- Internal Maestro Soundcard
- Video-out plug
- 2 Type-2 PCMCIA slots
Installing Linux
I installed RedHat linux 6.2 from CD. Since other people have better
walk-throughs, I'll just give you the high-level details:
- Under Windows, I copied FIPS.EXE to C:\ and rebooted
to DOS mode. Then I FIPS'd the 10G drive into two partitions:
8G and 2G for Linux.
- Booted from the RH6.2 CD, and installed using hda2 and / with no swap.
- LILO gave a warning about not being able to access the drive. This
was because my 10G drive has more than 1024 cylinders, so the
BIOS can't read from the 2G partition. As a result, I booted
from the RH6.2 CD, and used "linux rescue" to get running under
Linux again. From there, I mounted my hda1 partition, and
copied all of /boot to /dos/boot, made a symlink, and reran lilo. Now
LILO boots from my DOS partition.
- Since the Mach64 X server from 6.2 doesn't work with the M700, I pulled
the server from my 6.1 cdrom. Installed fine. I ran at 1024x768
at 24bpp.
- The 2.2.14 kernel doesn't support the version of the eepro100 the
M700 has, so I downloaded the 2.2.16 update for the i686 under
windows, and did a "rpm -e kernel-2.2.14" and
"rpm -Uvh kernel-2_2_16*rpm". After rebooting under 2.2.16, the
network card worked great. :)
- Sound worked immediately. No problems there.
Other Stuff
Other things I need to play with, but haven't yet:
- power management
- video out
- usb
- ArmadaStation dock (with 2nd eepro100)
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