[CLUE-Tech] Laptop for Installfest

[Ed Hill]

On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 15:16, Kurt Sturm wrote:
> Hello all, here is a question for anyone willing to take a crack at. I
> have a Dell Latitude CS 500 MHz Pentium 3 Laptop. I would like to

> The laptop has external CD ROM and Floppy drive. Under windows you just
> execute a program that lets you hot swap the devices. There is only one
> port so either the CD ROM can be connected or the Floppy can be
> connected, both can not be plugged in at the same time. 


Hi Kurt,

Individually, the CDROM and floppy will almost certainly work with Linux
though the hot-swap capability may not work.  Though I can't give you a
definite answer, I can direct you to some better places to look such as:

  http://www.linux-laptop.net/
  http://lhd.datapower.com/

For information specific to your Dell, look at:

  http://www.digitaltsunami.net/linux/dellcsx.html

and 

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/

where the Linux-Dell-laptops email list is probably a better place to
send your hot-swap question.

hth,
Ed


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