Gericom HydroSpeed and Linux
Notice: I am not using Gericom HydroSpeed any more.
In autumn 2004 I returned it to out IT departement and got Acer TM252 instead.
Therefore, this page will not be updated any more.
In my job, I have a notebook. Running Linux. With some effort.
But first some hardware information
- Typ
- Gericom HydroSpeed
- CPU
- AMD K6-2 500MHz
- RAM
- 64 MB, expanded to 128 MB
- Disky
- FDD 3.5"
- HDD Toshiba MK6014MAP, 6.0 GB
- 24x CD-ROM TEAC CD-224E
- APM BIOS
- 1.2
- Monitor
- 14.1" TFT Color LCD 1024x768, 32bpp
- Video adapter
- Trident CyberBlade i7 AGP (57)
- Sound card
- Claims to be SB Pro compatible. In fact, lspci(8) identifies it as VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super AC97/Audio] (rev 21).
- USB
- VIA Tech PCI-to-USB Universal Host Controller
- PCMCIA
- 2x 02 Micro OZ 6832/6833 CardBus
- Modem
- Built-in Lucent WinModem
- Sí»ová karta
- Not built in. Notebook came with ActionTec FastNet PCMCIA ethernet card
I have done more than one installation of Linux on the notebook.
- First installation - Slackware 7.1
- Second installation - Debian 3.0
Last change: 1.8.2005, 09:43:54.
Pavel