[wellylug] Toshiba Tecra A2

[Rob Giltrap]

Well I did buy it and after a quick repartition and install of Fedora 
Core 2, I can say that this excellent little laptop works a dream.

All functions worked out of the box (graphics, sound, ethernet) though I 
haven't tested ACPI or USB yet.

And now a shameless plug for the retailer... I brought it at a great 
price through "Centurian Computer Technology Limted" (otherwise known as 
Daniel from WellyLUG!)

Feel free to abuse me for the last commercial comment... I dont care... 
as I have a sexy new notebook! haha!


Rob Giltrap wrote:

> I am about to go out and buy a new notebook, the one I'm looking at is 
> a Toshiba Tecra A2 with the following specs....
>
> Intel Celeron-M 320 (1.3Ghz with 512KB L2)
> 256MB PC2700 DDR
> Intel 855GME * ICH4-M
> NB: It doesn't have the wireless 802.11* part.
>
> So I looking for any warning bells from my fellow LUG'ers to say this 
> won't work with Linux.
>
> I'm going to take in a Knoppix CD just to give it a once over but from 
> what I have seen it should all work apart from the wireless part 
> (which this model doesn't have anyway). My primary concern is that the 
> builtin 10/100 ethernet will not work properly.
>
> Any advice would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Rob.