Introduction

This document describes experiences with running Linux on a Toshiba Satellite 1410-401 (be) (P-M ?) Model PS141E-18G1V-EN

This page was started the day the machine arrived, and is developing.

As soon as they are working sufficiently, they will be given to their users, so I will no longer have access to the machines (unless they happen to be on the internet, which is rare).

This report is listed at TuxMobil - Linux on laptops, notebooks, PDAs and mobile phones under Toshiba

Overall Description

The 1410 has a range of models from ??, 256-1024MB (or 512) DDR SDRAM, 14.1" XGA 1024x768, 30GBi. Our 1410-401 has is a 2GHz Celeron M (linux says Mobile Intel Celeron), 400MHz FSB, with 256KB Level 2 cache.

Floppy Drive, 8*DVD-ROM Integrated Trident Cyber ALADDiN-T Napa2T 4 AGP bus graphics accelerator (NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go) BitBLT, 3D graphic acceleration, 16MB Video RAM (Shared with System Memory)

Touchpad pointing device ECP parallel port, SVGA monitor port, 3 x USB port, RJ11 modem interface, RJ45 LAN interface, Infrared, TV-Out, 2 x PC Card Type II or 1 x PC Card Type III (CardBus supported), memory expansion slot, Headphone socket, External microphone socket 328 x 287 x 43/45 mm, 3.2Kg Rechargeable, removable Li-Ion battery. Up to 2.5 hours per charge 16 Bit stereo supports SoundBlaster Pro format; Built-in stereo speakers; integrated V.90 56k modem; 10/100 integrated LAN 1 year International Arial fitted for a WiFi upgrade.

CPU: 2GHz Celeron M, 400MHz FSB, with 256KB Level 2 cache.
Memory: It has a standard 256M DDR, web sites variously say up to 512M or 1G.
Disk: It has a TOSHIBA MK3018GAS 30GBi disk, an internal floppy, and an internal 8*DVD.
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go, 66MHz x4 AGP Bus, with 16MB DDR VRAM, with a 14.1" TFT 1024 x 768 display.
pointing device: It has a Touchpad.
Card Slots: It has two typeII Cardbus slots, which can take a single typeIII PC card. It has a built in WiFi arial for a WiFi card upgrade.
Winmodem: It has a SmartLink V.90 56k Winmodem.
Size: It measures 328x287x43/45 mm and weighs 3.2Kg.
Battery: They claim up to 2.5 hours for the standard battery.
It appears to use 1% per 1.2 mins, giving a couple of hours.
HDD_Int: Intel ICH3-M
Sound: AC 97 (YAMAHA YMF753)
VGA: nVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go
CPU: Intel Celeron 1800M
RAM: PC2100
Modem: Softmodem (SmartLink AMRMO)
IrDA: Super IO SMSC LPC47N227
USB: Intel ICH3-M
CD_Int: Intel ICH3-M
PCMCIA: Toshiba ToPIC100 (Intel 82365 comp)
APM: V1.2 I 2002-10-28
Mouse: PS2
ACPI: V1.0b
Chipset: Intel 845MZ
Network: Intel 82562ET (Kinnereth)
FloppyDisk_Int: intern
Basic_Info: Info
Mini_PCI: yes

Initial system Load

Unpacking

I was given the machine unpacked.

Pre-load

Inserted PM 8.0 CD, installed, and shrink the C: partition to 7GB.

PowerQuest Partition Magic has detected error 116 on the partition starting at sector 58621185 on disk 1.

The starting LBA value is 58621185 and the CHS value is 16434494. The LBA and CHS values must be equal. PowerQuest PartitionMagic has verified that the LBA value is correct and can fix the CHS value.