Here is info on my MD96360 so far.

You might search on or for further info about this or other laptops.

if anyone has some hint, i (bboett <at> adlp dot org) take them gladly.....

working

got a knoppix booted,

Knoppix got the following things working:

• X is running (see XF86config later on)
• Network is running on eth1 (eth0 is Wlan, have no ways to test that one..)
• sound doesn't work (bad omen, but i could live without sound...)

Debian testing installation:

• boot with linux acpi=off, better with pci=noacpi that way you can activate acpi later (support of powerbutton etc)
• follow the install routine
• before rebooting, activate the 2nd console and use nano to add kopt=acpi=off or kopt=pci=noacpi to the /target/..../boot/grub/menu.lst
• reboots happily, install the rest of the packages
• X runs out of the box.
• Lan and sound worked out of the box
• sleep to disk worked out of the box with hibernate, only ACPI couldn't be activated

Untested, otherwise not working stuff

• wifi

Hardware

• CPU: AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technologie TL-56 (1.8 GHz)
• memory 2048 MB DDR2 SDRAM
• screen 12," TFT WXGA COLOR 1280 X 800
• graphic-card Grafik ATI™ Mobility Radeon™ XPress 1150 PCI-Express Grafik.
• audio 16 bit soundchip, 2 loudspeakers, Realtec AC'97
• HDD 160 GB S-ATA Festplatte, 8 MB Cache
• optical-drive DVD +- RW DUAL LAYER
• inbuild:
  • modem and cable on board
  • w.lan Wireless LAN Intel Pro Wireless 2200 B4 802.11g/b
  • reader SD, MMC, MS , MS Pro
• power-source External, VDE/GS validated FSP 65 W
• battery lithium
• ports:
  • 1XExpress Card Slot 54
  • 3x USB 2.0
  • 1xFireWire IEEE 1394
  • 1x VGA out
  • 1X LAN RJ45
  • 1X Modem
  • 1X Microphon
  • 1X Line out incl. s/p -dif
• weight 2,1 KG with battery
• dimensions 303 X 248 X 25 mm

results of a first linux run

• dmesg
• lsmod
• lspci
• XF86Config