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Date: Fri,  9 Jul 2004 03:25:40 -0500
Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9 laptop
From: vdharani@infernopark.com
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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> 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 or=
der
> of
> preference. I'm assuming that the cpu, memory, keyboard, etc. are likel=
y
> 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 tha=
t 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 wha=
t
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