[ltp] Turning a TP into a qiet X-station

billy ball linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 12 May 2000 14:43:17 -0400 (EDT)



On Fri, 12 May 2000, Friedemann Baitinger wrote:

> On Fri, 12 May 2000, billy ball wrote:
> 
> > The SuSE 6.2 'evaluation' CD-ROM (actually, a full distro) has a 'live'
> > filesystem... i've used it to boot to a Linux session... after you make a
> > link to a working XF86Config, X11 comes up and you go right into KDE...
> 
> Does it need to access the CD-ROM once in a while? Once booted I'd like
> to remove it.

hmmm... i can't remember, but i'd say yes...

> 
> > i'd also use a flash memory card for storage... how much quieter can you
> > get? (aside from the beeps when initialized)...
> 
> what would I want to store there?

links to XF86Config... documents you create... i routinely use a flash
card, especially when working on my laptop in the local library... with
periodic saves enabled, i don't have to worry about losing work if the
juice runs out... and a 16MB card is more than big enough for
wordprocessing needs...

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