Part I. Laptops and Notebooks
Table of Contents
- 1. Which Laptop to Buy?
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Portables, Laptops/Notebooks, Sub/Mini-Notebooks, Palmtops, PDAs/HPCs
- 2.1. Portables
- 2.2. Laptops/Notebooks
- 2.3. Sub-Notebooks/Mini-Notebooks
- 2.4. Palmtops
- 2.5. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)/Handheld PCs (HPCs)
- 2.6. Wearables
- 3. Linux Features
- 4. Main Hardware Features
- 4.1. Weight
- 4.2. Display
- 4.3. Batteries
- 4.4. CPU
- 4.5. Number of Spindles
- 4.6. Cooling
- 4.7. Keyboard Quality
- 4.8. Price
- 4.9. Power Supply
- 5. Sources of More Information
- 6. Linux Compatibility Check
- 6.1. Related Documentation
- 6.2. Check Methods in General
- 7. Writing a Device Driver
- 8. Buying a Second Hand Laptop
- 9. No Hardware Recommendations
- 10. Linux Laptop and PDA Vendor Survey
- 2. Laptop Distributions
- 1. Requirements
- 2. Recommendation
- 3. Installation
- 1. Related Documentation
- 2. Prerequisites - BIOS, Boot Options, Partitioning
- 2.1. BIOS
- 2.2. Boot Options
- 2.3. Partitioning
- 3. Linux Tools to Repartition a Hard Disk
- 3.1. GNU parted
- 3.2. ext2resize
- 3.3. fixdisktable
- 3.4. Caveats
- 3.5. Multi Boot
- 4. Laptop Installation Methods
- 4.1. From a Boot Floppy plus CD/DVD-ROM - The Traditional Way
- 4.2. From a CD/DVD-ROM - The Usual Way
- 4.3. From a DOS or Windows Partition on the same Machine
- 4.4. From a Second Machine With a Micro Linux On a Floppy
- 4.5. From a Second (Desktop) Machine With a Hard Disk Adapter
- 4.6. From a PCMCIA Device
- 4.7. From a Parallel Port ZIP Drive
- 4.8. From a Parallel Port CD Drive (MicroSolutions BackPack)
- 4.9. From a Parallel Port Using a Second Machine
- 4.10. From a USB Storage Device (Stick, CD, DVD, Floppy)
- 4.11. Installing via Network Interface
- 4.12. Installing via VNC
- 4.13. Installing Linux on Small Machines
- 4.14. Installing Linux on Apple Macintosh PowerBooks and iBooks
- 4.15. Mass Installation
- 5. Common Problems During Installation
- 5.1. Display Problems (Missing Lines, Thick Borders)