I had a couple of questions I'd like to throw out there, maybe some of you can answer this.

I have a Toshiba 5205-s703 and I want to install Linux on it. I have been reading the all about installing Red hat on the pc on the here:members.cox.net/larona/

I followed the directions on this site and had red hat installed pretty good on the system but after a few days it started acting a little funny. So I wiped it out.

I installed mandrake 9.1 but I am a litytle nervous. Do i need to use the kernel that is used on the linux on laptops site - 2.4.19? mandrake 9.1 is kernel; 2.4.21 - I think (I'm a newbie if you havent guessed)

Does mandrake need to be patched with the ACPI Patch? what about the Toshiba extras patch, They Dont have a patch on the site- memebeam.org/free-software/toshiba_acpi/ for kernel 4.2.21. Do I need to do any patching whatsoever on mandrake 9.1?

I installed Mandrake on My desktop, IT is awesome I downloaded disk 1 of red hat 9 in 17 minutes last night, I cant believe how much faster my cable modem connection/LAN is on Linux.

let me know what you think, and if any more info is needed.

Thank you in advance for all replies.

Any info would be a great help and I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

Joe

Redhat is bad for laptops, due to acpi. Mandrake is ok for laptops, most seem to work good, Suse is great for toshiba's, I've had it on 1800, 2500, 5000, 5200, 6100 series and its flawlessy detected hardware in all

I dont believe Mandrake needs an acpi patch, 9.1 should be fully enabled, but you probably need to insmod acpid... Suse lets you use a runlevel editor and turn on acpid

As you'll see in my signature, I have a Toshiba laptop and RH9 runs fine - no problems. What do you mean by "acting a little funny"?

Only reason I said its bad for laptops is he has a 5205-s703, which relies heavily upon acpi. Suse comes fully patched and ready for toshibas, no extra configs needed. Mandrake boots up without problems. Easier than recompiling a kernal and adding acpi patches to be sure it works.
Just makes it better for most users, but maybe not for advanced.

Thanks for the replies

The problem I had with red hat was, my wireless stopped working and every time I'd open certain apps they would stop responding.

I'd like to give suse a shot but on linuxiso.org all they have is the live eval. Is there somewhere I can get a version to install on my HD?

Would suse detect everything on this laptop? I would also like some help on installing the cpad.

I really appreciate all replies.

Thanks

joe