[Blackpool] Re Toshiba laptop Linux install

[MJ Hewitt]

Hi Tony -

I thought you were going to try Puppy, you would then have xorg and vesa to
choose from for your screen.
I will have try and have the  server for pxe booting ready for the next
meeting.



Best regards,
Mike Hewitt

PC Recycler Ltd.
29-35 Ripon road
Blackpool FY1 4DY
01253 293258
07711 736899
www.pcrecycler.co.uk

On 24 August 2010 14:52, Tony Hughes <tonyhughes1212 at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> Hi All
>
> For those of you that were at the meeting on Saturday and know the saga of
> my Portege 2010 ultra portable laptop that I have been figuring out how to
> get Linux installed as it has a non standard 1.8" HDD and will not recognise
> a USB CD drive for booting.
>
> We had looked at doing a network install but in the end I have purchased a
> 1.8 to 2.5 converter for the hard drive from e-bay (arrived in 24 hours for
> £3.99 inc postage)
>
> Using the converter i put the HDD into another laptop (Dell Inspiron 1300)
> a fairly simple process with the converter, and installed Xubuntu 10.04 onto
> the drive.
>
> I then transfered the HDD back to the Toshiba and booted it up, success
> after a fashion I have a working install although the I can not get the
> system to recognise that the screen will run at 1024x768 so I have a tiny
> desk top at 800x600 in the middle of what is normally a nice 13" full screen
> display.
>
> I run a software update and this has not solved the problem, I also looked
> in the driver downloads to see if a driver was the problem but apart from a
> driver for the fax modem no video drivers available.
>
> Next I try the net for a solution but all the suggestions I try do not
> work. Looks like this could be a project for the next time at the meeting.
> at least I know the laptop will run Xubuntu 10.04 with its limited
> specification. Maybe a network install is the answer as at least the install
> will be direct to the PC so it would hopefully detect the hardware at
> install.
>
> Anyone got any ideas for me.
>
> Tony
>
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