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Install Evaluation

Satellite 5200 Series (PS520N-31P0S1)
DynaBook G6 G6/X18PME

Y-worked without any modification M-requires modification N-did not work at all L-limited

*** TurboLinux 8 Workstation kernel-2.4.18-1
Installed by CD boot.

KB
M
(Options "XkbDisable")  
Mouse (TPad)
Y
mousedev (/dev/input/mice)  
XFree86
M
XFree86-4.2.0-11(1600x1200)
8bpp
16bpp
24bpp
 
vesa
Y
Y
N
 
fbdev
N
N
N
 
nv
N
N
N
 
nvidia
Y
Y
Y
1.0-4191
Sound
Y
snd-card-intel8x0  
HDD
Y
PIIX4 UDMA(100) HITACHI_DK23EA-60
DVD/CDRW
Y
/dev/hdb -> ide-scsi (/dev/scd0) TOSHIBA SD-R6012
IrDA
-
   
PCMCIA
Y
yenta_socket  
PCcard CD-ROM
Y
ide_cs (PA2673UJ)  
SDC
N
(no driver support)  
IEEE1394
N
ohci1394 (error: can not be loaded)  
USB
Y
ehci-hcd (USB2.0)  
USB CD-Rom
Y
/dev/scd0 (NOVAC)  
USB FDD
Y
/dev/sda (PA2680U)  
USB Mouse
Y
mousedev (IPC5017A)  
LAN
Y
e100  
Bluetooth
-
(no driver support)  
Modem
N
acpi=on & acpid  
Shutdown
Y
   
Reboot
Y
   
Suspend
N
(no APM support in BIOS)  
Hibernation
N
   

Satellite 5200 Series (PS520N-31P0N1)
DynaBook G6 G6/U22PDEW

Hardware Specification (from Windows Device Manager)
IEEE1394
Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
DVD/CDRW
TEAC DW-224E
HDC
Intel(R) 82801CAM Ultra ATA Storage Controller-248A
PCMCIA
TOSHIBA ToPIC100 CardBus Controller
SDC
TOSHIBA SD Card Controller Type-A
USB
Intel(R)82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller-2482
  NEC PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller(B1)
  NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controllerx2
Keyboard
PS/2 Japanese key board
Computer
ACPI(Advance Configuration and Power Interface)PC
Sound
YAMAHA AC-XG Audio Device
HDD
HITACHI_DK23EA-60
Video
NVIDIA GeForce4 460 Go (Toshiba)
LAN
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Battery
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
AC
Microsoft AC Adapter
HID
Synaptics USB HID Device
CPU
Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R)4-M CPU 1.80GHz
Mouse
Synaptics USB Wheelpad
Modem
TOSHIBA Software Modem AMR
Monitor
Plug and Play Monitor
IrDA
SMC IrCC - Fast Infrared Port
Y-worked without any modification M-requires modification N-did not work at all L-limited

*** TurboLinux 8 Workstation kernel-2.4.18-9
Installed by CD boot

KB
M
(Options "XkbDisable")  
Mouse
Y
mousedev (/dev/input/mice)  
XFree86
M
XFree86-4.2.0-11(1400x1050)
8bpp
16bpp
24bpp
 
vesa
Y
Y
N
fbdev
N
N
N
nv
N
N
N
nvidia
Y
Y
Y
1.0-4191
Sound
Y
snd-card-intel8x0  
HDD
Y
PIIX4 UDMA(100)  
DVD/CDRW
Y
/dev/hdb -> ide-scsi (/dev/scd0)  
IrDA
-
   
PCMCIA
Y
yenta_socket  
PCcard CD-ROM
Y
ide_cs (PA2673UJ)  
SDC
N
(no driver support)  
IEEE1394
N
ohci1394 (error: can not be loaded)  
USB
Y
ehci-hcd (USB2.0)  
USB CD-Rom
Y
/dev/scd0 (NOVAC)  
USB FDD
Y
/dev/sda (PA2680U)  
USB Mouse
Y
mousedev (IPC5017A)  
LAN
Y
e100  
Bluetooth
-
(no driver support)  
Modem
N
   
Shutdown
Y
acpi=on & acpid  
Reboot
Y
   
Suspend
N
(no APM support in BIOS)  
Hibernation
N
   
Y-worked without any modification M-requires modification N-did not work at all L-limited

*** RedHat Linux 7.2J kernel-2.4.7-10
Installed by CD boot

KB
M
(Options "XkbDisable")  
Mouse
Y
mousedev (/dev/input/mice)  
XFree86
M
XFree86-4.1.0-11(1400x1050)
8bpp
16bpp
24bpp
 
vesa
Y
Y
N
fbdev
N
N
N
nv
N
N
N
nvidi
Y
Y
Y
1.0-4191
Sound
N
i810_audio  
HDD
Y
PCI_IDE  
DVD/CDRW
Y
ide-scsi (/dev/scd0)  
IrDA
-
   
PCMCIA
Y
yenta_socket  
PCcard CD-ROM
Y
ide_cs (PA2673UJ)  
SDC
N
(no driver support)  
IEEE1394
N
ohci1394 (able to load but does not allocate IRQ)  
USB
Y
usb-ohci (USB1.1)  
USB CD-Rom
Y
/dev/scd1 (NOVAC)  
USB FDD
N
(no driver support)  
USB Mouse
Y
mousedev (IPC5017A)  
LAN
Y
eepro100  
Bluetooth
-
   
Modem
N
(no driver support)  
Shutdown
N
(no acpid support)  
Reboot
Y
   
Suspend
N
   
Hibernation
N
(no APM support in BIOS)  
Y-worked without any modification M-requires modification N-did not work at all L-limited

*** RedHat Linux 7.3J kernel-2.4.18-3
Installed by CD boot

KB
M
(Options "XkbDisable")  
Mouse
Y
mousedev (/dev/input/mice)  
XFree86
M
XFree86-4.2.0-8(1400x1050)
8bpp
16bpp
24bpp
 
vesa
Y
Y
N
fbdev
N
N
N
nv
N
N
N
nvidi
Y
Y
Y
1.0-4191
Sound
N
i810_audio  
HDD
Y
PIIX4 UDMA(100)  
DVD/CDRW
Y
ide-scsi (/dev/scd0)  
IrDA
-
   
PCMCIA
Y
yenta_socket  
PCcard CD-ROM
Y
ide_cs (PA2673UJ)  
SDC
N
(no driver support)  
IEEE1394
N
ohci1394 (able to load but does not allocate IRQ)  
USB
Y
usb-ohci (USB1.1)  
USB CD-Rom
Y
/dev/scd1 (NOVAC)  
USB FDD
N
(no driver support)  
USB Mouse
Y
mousedev (IPC5017A)  
LAN
Y
eepro100  
Bluetooth
-
   
Modem
N
(no driver support)  
Shutdown
N
(no acpi support)  
Reboot
Y
   
Suspend
N
(no APM support in BIOS)  
Hibernation
N
   

*** RedHat Linux 8.0(ftp) kernel-2.4.18-14
Installed by CD boot. After installation, computer hanged during network configuration during boot.
It booted with the pci=off option but most device do not work.

*** Vine Linux 2.6r1(ftp) kernel-2.4.19-0vl26
Installed by CD boot, ran through text mode installation.
Fails to mount root.

*** Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (Woody) kernel-2.2.20-idepci
Installed by CD boot.
After installation, while rebooting, kernel panic occurs.

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