Hello,
I tried TCL on this laptop.
http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/hp-6910p-14-1--417Starting point:
- a nice hp6910p without HDD.
- USB-Adapter with CF 8GB (CF prepared with Syslinux; multiboot with different Linux; Menues adapted during the try with TCL LAN/WLAN; see below).
- LAN via Ethernet Home Adapters. WLAN in the house.
- 2 buttons+wheel USB mouse
- the laptop (TCL3.6) was in the net via LAN within few secondes. With the same method I used for my other PC, I was in my WLAN within 3 hours (Im a bit slow) after loading the intel wireless extension drivers for this laptop: see my WLAN method in
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=8001.msg43118#msg43118. I could not understand how to use WICD-radar and the whole other WIFI stuff. Sorry. I will perhaps try it in my next life or when I have to go via Wifi in foreign WLANs. Very good the new boot options mydata=hp6910pu and lst=hp6910pu.lst I could use for making different start setups for this laptop (LAN/WLAN). I can send you my hp6910pu.tgz on request.
- Knoppix booted quick into LAN. Not so quick, not so impressive than TCL. WLAN did not work because I could not make the setup (keyrings were asked. I did not understand stopped further activities).
- MagicParted has to be modified a bit for the boot code with LAN. It booted fine (not so impressive than TCL) and WLAN was very easy to connect via a good WICD menu. There is something to learn for TCL.
- Slitaz did not start the Xorg. I did not try to make it working.
Conclusion: I stay with TCL. This laptop is a space shuttle with TCL (I did not try the sound; not so important for me; on request, I can test it).
Conclusion of the conclusion: if you have such a laptop (with or without HDD), make quickly an USB-Stick or a CF-card on USB-adapter with TCL and boot it via USB. THIS IS REALLY GOOD.
Issues:
- the background "bretagne" is not coming. This could be the only reason for throwing TCL out of this pc..;-). probably in syslinux, TCL dont like the path opt/backgrounds/bretagne.jpg?
- firefox (after full screen modus, only 2 times I can made it disappearing by clicking "-" on the top right, then only the "X" button on the right top is functioning and other issues with full screen modus coming automatically.. I will post when I understand when it comes up)
# CF 8GB Syslinux.cfg
# UUID=8172-30FF
# Default boot option to use
default menu.c32
TIMEOUT 600
#Deutsche Tastaturbelegung
KBDMAP german.kbd
# Prompt user for selection
PROMPT 0
#
MENU TITLE Boot Main Menu cf 8GB which can be connected to ide adapter or usb adapter
#
F1 boot.msg
F2 f2
F3 f3
#
LABEL tcl3.6 OldBoy1 basis
MENU LABEL tcl3.6 OldBoy1 basis
KERNEL /boot/tcl/bzImage
APPEND quiet vga=ask tz=GMT+1 ide_core.ignore_cable=1 noacpi noscsi nozswap showapps tce=UUID=8172-30FF kmap=qwertz/de-latin1
initrd /boot/tcl/tinycore.gz
# ide_core.ignore_cable=1 for OldBoy1.. make different config files.. or menu for different computers?
#
LABEL tcl3.6 HP Laptop hp6910p DE LAN
MENU LABEL tcl3.6 HP Laptop hp6910p DE LAN
KERNEL /boot/tcl/bzImage
APPEND quiet vga=791 tz=GMT+1 noscsi noacpi loglevel=2 bkg=bretagne.jpg showapps tce=UUID=8172-30FF mydata=hp6910p lst=hp6910p.lst kmap=qwertz/de-latin1
initrd /boot/tcl/tinycore.gz
#
LABEL tcl3.6 HP Laptop hp6910p DE Uhl Wlan
MENU LABEL tcl3.6 HP Laptop hp6910p DE Uhl Wlan
KERNEL /boot/tcl/bzImage
APPEND quiet vga=791 tz=GMT+1 noscsi noacpi loglevel=2 bkg=bretagne.jpg nozswap showapps tce=UUID=8172-30FF mydata=hp6910pu lst=hp6910pu.lst kmap=qwertz/de-latin1
initrd /boot/tcl/tinycore.gz
#
LABEL knoppix
MENU LABEL knoppix kbd_DE
KERNEL linux
# APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 lang=en vt.default_utf8=0 apm=power-off vga=791 initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet loglevel=0 tz=localtime
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 lang=en vt.default_utf8=0 apm=power-off vga=0x311 initrd=minirt.gz nomce quiet loglevel=0 tz=localtime
#
LABEL slitaz DE
MENU LABEL slitaz DE
KERNEL /boot/slitaz/bzImage
APPEND rw root=/dev/null quiet home=UUID=8172-30FF kmap=de-latin1 vga=788 sound=no modprobe=mga lang=en acpi=off tz=localtime
INITRD /boot/slitaz/rootfs.gz
#
LABEL PartedMagic
MENU LABEL PartedMagic kbd_US
KERNEL /boot/pmagic/bzImage
APPEND directory=boot quiet edd=off load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 rw loglevel=9 max_loop=256
INITRD /boot/pmagic/initramfs
#
LABEL memtest
MENU LABEL memtest
KERNEL memtest
#
LABEL HWTest
MENU LABEL HWTest
KERNEL hdt.c32
APPEND modules_alias=modules.ali pciids=pci.ids modules_pcimap=modules.pci quiet
#
LABEL GoToHDD00
Menu label GoToHDD00 (10GB OldBoy1)
kernel chain.c32
append hd0 0
#
LABEL GoToHDD10
Menu label GoToHDD01 (CF8GB OldBoy1)
kernel chain.c32
append hd1 0
#
LABEL GoToHDD20
Menu label GoToHDD20 (6GB OldBoy1)
kernel chain.c32
append hd2 0
#
APPEND foo
MENU LABEL foo
LABEL dos
KERNEL memdisk
APPEND initrd=balder.img
#
LABEL failsafe
MENU LABEL failsafe
KERNEL linux
APPEND ramdisk_size=100000 lang=en vt.default_utf8=0 vga=normal atapicd nosound noapic nolapic noacpi pnpbios=off acpi=off nofstab noscsi nodma noapm nousb nopcmcia nofirewire noagp nomce nonetwork nodhcp xmodule=vesa initrd=minirt.gz
#
LABEL reboot
MENU LABEL Reboot
COM32 reboot.c32
#
LABEL poweroff
MENU LABEL Power Off
COMBOOT poweroff.com
the onboot.lst in this laptop:
kmaps.tcz
lshw.tcz
usb-utils.tcz
conky.tcz
compat-wireless-2.6.33.3-tinycore.tcz
flash10.tcz
opera.tcz
firefox.tcz
firmware-iwlwifi.tcz