[ltp] X21 series

Ross Burton linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
23 Nov 2001 12:30:15 +0000


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On Fri, 2001-11-23 at 12:10, Pekka Pessi wrote:
> >I am thinking about purchasing a IBM Thinkpad X21 (166UK) which comes
> >with integrated 10/100 ethernet and modem.  Are these devices supported
> >under Linux?   Is the rest of the laptop supported in Linux?   I plan on
> >installing Debian unstable and thus kernel 2.4.15 hopefully.
>=20
> 	The Intel/Lucent miniPCI card is well supported by Linux. 3COM
> 	Ethernet adapter works so-so, but may require some hacking and
> 	tweaking; the 3COM modem has no Linux support.

I am sooo glad you told me that.  I was planning to get the 166 which
has 3com, not the 165 which uses Intel. Thankyou ever so much!

Regards,
Ross
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