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Fujitsu B110 Lifebook
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1 35158 12-15-2004
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Description: P MMX 233
32MB (up to 96MB)
Subnotebook
lspci output with inserted xircom cb PCMCIA-Ethernet adapter
PS/2
USB
Over docking:
Floppy
CDROM available over PCMCIA (to my knowledge: not bootable)
VGA
Serial Port
Parallel Port
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 430TX - 82439TX MTXC (rev 01)
0000:00:01.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:01.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:01.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:01.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
0000:00:13.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c475
0000:00:14.0 VGA compatible controller: Neomagic Corporation NM2160 [MagicGraph 128XD] (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03)
0000:01:00.1 Serial controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem (rev 03)


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Old 12-15-2004, 10:41 AM   #1
Barkpingu
 
Registered: Nov 2004
Distribution: Debian 3.1 mainly, hand-built kernel
Posts: 2

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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.9 (handbuilt)
Distribution: Debian



It was quite tricky to get Linux on it, since I had to use Floppys and that isn't really the way to install an OS. During installation, it crashed many times - it's kind of a design problem, since it's cooled only passively, so you only get stability after loading a proper APM-Kernel (I used 2.2-compact since the 2.4 didn't work for some reason). With the 2.6.9 I use it's somewhat stable.
The APM shows strange values about power left, which is most likely the case due to the age of the battery.
It's a pretty old one, but you get a good (support) documentation on it:
http://www.asware.net/serendipity/exit.php?url_id=488&entry_id=70

Some helpfull documentation I found is in german:
http://www.asware.net/serendipity/archives/70_Tag_der_Aufruestung_in_Andys_Hackerhoehle.html

Wondering about bios-hdd-capacity limit?
yeah, it has one... but set the hdd detection to auto, and join me in having an old sub-notebook with 80GB of storage. The linux-kernel somehow gets around the Bad bios-Design.
Sound works, FB in Konsole works... almost every function of the notebook I've found in the pretty complete manual is usable, pcmcia slot tested with eth, cd-rom and wlan (ath)
I've read about a limit of 160mb total, so I'm not sure - a good friend of mine has exactly the same one and told me about a limit, but maybe I got him wrong.
To take the lb apart is quite a trick process - but with some time, a screwdriver and good finger nails anyone experienced with pcs should be able to handle it.
Another linux-experience with that machine I've found:
http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~jpc1/linux/fujitsu/
 




  



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