Sorry for the late reply, but my schedule has gone crazy. Thanks Jeremy for your email it is very
inlightning. I am glad that someone has it working. I have decided to wait on buying the
notebook. I still question the hardware in it. I don't want to buy it and in a year or two have
problems. The only thing that is missing from all of this is that it doesn't have a cd-rw drive.
William
--- jeremy bowers <ferret@jeremybowers.com> wrote:
> I work in the computer dept. @ the St. Pete bestbuy, and I purchased an
> averatec laptop there last week.
>
> I am running RH 9.0 with success. (composing this email in pine right now)
>
> Tricks: Boot with the nopcmcia nofb options when installing. On first
> boot, enter interactive startup and say "no" to pcmcia. Chkconfig pcmcia
> off at the first opportunity. This is the only hardware not working so
> far.
>
> Hardware: Video is a sis630. Lan is sis900. DVD drive works with xine and
> ogle. The Buslink usb pen drive (128 Mb) works as well, and there's a boot
> from usb option in the bios. Sound is ac'97. X started with no hitches.
>
> Issues: Must immediately calibrate the battery. I'm getting 2.5h with
> normal use. Keyboard is a funny size and shape. Spacebar must be pounded
> to register. Pcmcia won't work in RH, does work in Debian (knoppix).
>
> Good: Very quiet. Screen is bright and high contrast. Laptop is light, and
> cheap. (799 with some rebates @ bestbuy)
>
> I know our store sold all 17 we were sent on sunday. I think rainchecks
> are the only option, but I haven't heard what our strategy is going to be.
> I presume it's a similar situation in Clearwater and South Tampa. I know
> that bestbuy.com is out of them, and we were unable to order them as of
> this morning.
>
> Email me with questions, or come by the Tyrone/66th st./22nd ave. best buy
> and ask in person. on aim, I'm jbowersrunslinux.
>
> PS: Averratec is Sotec. I found a usenet post from 94 about a sotec 386
> laptop, so they've been around a while.
>
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