Re: [9fans] plan9 laptop

[vdharani@infernopark.com]

> I shall buy a laptop soon and I'd like to run plan9 on it with support for
> the
> graphics card, mouse, modem, ethernet card and sound card -- in that order
> of
> preference. I'm assuming that the cpu, memory, keyboard, etc. are likely
> to
> be compatible ;)
>
as far as i know IBM Thinkpad T23 model is one that runs plan 9 well and
recognizes most of the devices you said. of course there are variations
within t23 but still any t23 is better than other laptops as far as plan 9
is concerned.

> I have not had success with the modems or the sound cards in any of the
> computers I have used for plan9 so far. That is, I am not confident that I
> could make these work on a laptop for which this is possible. Therefore, I
> may not recognize a compatible laptop when I see one ;)
>
> Is there a kernel configuration and a collection of shell scripts that I
> could
> try on a prospective laptop to test for compatibility?

i dont think there is one such thing. in general, i would attempt to use
the bootable CD or try to install plan 9. in the process, i can check what
best screen resolution and depth i can get. then the network interface.
then modem and sound card. CPU, memory and keyboard should be fine, i
think.

a new laptop of your choice + vmware is also not a bad idea.

thanks
dharani