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XPS Gen 1 Linux

post #1 of 4
5/14/06 at 2:38am
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Have a Gen1 XPS 2 gig memory 100 gig hard drive need to know if I can use Linux 9.3 as I think it is the last ver,Has anyone out there tried this OS On XPS,S if so give me a holler thanks Jerry
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post #2 of 4
5/14/06 at 12:20pm
I assume you are talking about either and older Red Hat, Mandrake, or SUSE distro. I no longer have Linux installed on my Gen 1, but I used to have Mandrake and Yoper installed on a partition. I set up a LILO boot-loader to load either WinXP or Linux on bootup.

If you want to dual-boot, you will first have to re-partition your 100GB drive and reserve maybe half of it for the 4 Linux partitions you will need. The video drivers for the ATi card were kind-of weak back then, but I bet they are much better now since ATi supports Linux now.

Once you free up some space for Linux, the install should be pretty straight foward unless you try an obscure distro. You may want to stick with the 2.4.x kernel since the Gen 1 is older hardware.
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post #3 of 4
5/15/06 at 1:07am
I would recommend SUSE Linux 10.x or greater as I was able to get it fully running including my wireless. Do try and use the 2.6 kernel as I have had better luck with it working with my video card, etc... Not to mention you can use the majority of the standard RPM's that are out there.
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post #4 of 4
5/23/06 at 12:53am
I had great success with Ubuntu on an M170. Everything installed in less than 30 minutes, and that included the PRO/Wireless 2200BG card and native resolution on a 7800GTX. It's geared toward newer, faster machines, which is good for recent laptops, but not so great for P3's and below. Good luck!
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