[NBLUG/talk] Fujitsu P2120

[Kyle Rankin]

On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 03:39:40PM -0700, Rob Orsini wrote:
> At 03:24 PM 9/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >I have just got one, ebay connection, any suggestions on Linux
> >installation?  I have SuSE 8.2 (on my desktop computer) disks, and
> >Mandrake (used before SuSE), and some older demo-Linux installers.
> >I see other installers mentioned in the linux-laptop website, with their
> >solutions!
> >OT: The Vintage compu thing looks interesting, wonder if I should take my
> >"TV-Typewriter" terminal? If I recall correctly, I had modified it so I
> >could do both lower and upper case!
> >Cal Herrmann
> 
> I just got one of these as well.  I plan on installing tri-booting Redhat, 
> Debian and XP soon but for this week I slapped Mandrake 9.2 on it to get 
> it up and going fast.  The WiFi works and there were a hand-full of ACPI 
> options in the installer, which is a good thing because I understand that 
> the main hurdle with these things is the move to ACPI from APM.  I think 
> Kyle is looking for p2120 details for his site 
> (http://greenfly.org/fujitsu/).  I offered mine as a Debian test bed so he 
> can fill in the thin sections.  Overall, a damn cool little 
> box.  Congratulations.
> 
> Rob 
> 

As Rob said, the main issue with getting Linux working perfectly on the
P2120 is the fact that it only supports ACPI and not APM, and the APCI
implimentation in Linux is still immature.  I have some tips and links on
my site (http://www.greenfly.org/fujitsu) for P2120-specific information,
but it isn't incredibly up-to-date for P2120 since I don't have one
personally to test things with.

I do plan on getting together with Rob though and installing Debian and
updating the site with the P2120-specific information.  In the meantime you
can get tips on the Fujitsu P-series forum, they have a Linux-specific
section.  http://www.leog.net/fujp_forum/

If you are interested in throwing Debian on there, we could even have try
to coordinate a type of mini "installfest" for those two laptops and we all
could go through the process together.  Email me off of this list if you
are interested in doing something like that, or just talk to me about it at
the next NBLUG meeting.

-- 
Kyle Rankin (greenfly)
http://greenfly.org