[Server-devel] XS on Netbook

[Dave Bauer]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sameer,
>
> I have tried to install the XS on a Dell Laptop (not netbook). It runs
> great, but the wireless indicator is not on.
> Could there be missing drivers?
> If so, what can I do?
>

Probably uses broadcom drivers. Do lspci and check.
I am not sure what is the best option, I am not sure which version of
Fedora the XS is based on.

Best bet is to do "lspci" and find out what chipset you have and see
what other Fedora users have done.

Dave
> Thanks.
> Gerald
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:00 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Has anyone installed the XS on a netbook?
>> > The big issue is that there is no optical drive, but beyond that I was
>> > wondering if that would work.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Gerald
>> >
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>>
>> I have it running on a Fujitsu Lifebook P2120
>> (http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/notebooks/0,39050488,39009460p,00.htm),
>> from an era when small laptops were expensive and were not called
>> netbooks. This thing has a 933 MHz Crusoe processor, with 384 MB RAM.
>> It doesn't complain for small set of XOs.
>>
>> Now that you've brought it up, I will try a netbook as well.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sameer
>> --
>> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor, Information Systems
>> Director, Center for Business Solutions
>> San Francisco State University
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