This guide is intended to provide you details on how well this laptop works with Linux and which drivers you need to configure. For details on how to actually install and configure the required drivers have a look at our guides section for distribution specific instructions.

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Authors

Bill Giannikos (bill2 at giannikos.com.au)

Introduction

This is a guide to running Linux with the Hewlett-Packard nc4200 laptop, model PV210PA. The nc4200 has been certified by Novell to work with Novell Linux Desktop 9 which should make this laptop well suited to work well with other Linux distributions too.

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Specifications

Name	Hewlett-Packard nc4200
Processor	Intel Pentium-M 740 1.73GHz
Screen	12.1"
RAM	512MB
HDD	60GB
Optical Drive	None
Graphics	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
Network	10/100/1000 Ethernet, Intel 2915 802.11g Wireless, Bluetooth
Other	3 x USB2.0

Linux Compatibility

Device	Compatibility	Comments
Processor	Yes
Screen	Yes
Graphics	Yes	Use i810 driver
Sound	Yes
Ethernet	Yes
Wireless	Yes	Use ipw2200 driver
Bluetooth	Yes
56K Modem	Not Tested
USB	Yes
SD Card Reader	Yes
PCMCIA	Not Tested

Notes

While not tested, the modem in the nc4200 should work with either the slmodem or Linuxant driver.

Related Resources

Preparing your laptop for Linux
Configuring the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 & 950
Increasing battery life

Summary

The Hewlett-Packard nc4200 notebook works very well with Linux, it should work fine with most Linux distributions.


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