=== Tipps for Linux on a Fujitsu Siemens (or Siemens Nixdorf) N40 ===
==== Hardware ====
|| '''Component''' || '''size/value''' ||'''Status''' || '''Notes''' ||
|| Processor || 4 Pentium III @ 550MHz ||  {OK} || ||
|| Chipset || Intel Corporation 450NX ||  /!\ ||APIC not working ||
|| Memory ||4x256MB - Seems to be a special SD-RAM-Type ||  {OK} || ||
|| Video Adapter ||Cirrus Logic GD 5446 ||  {OK} || ||
||SCSI-System ||2xLSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 ||  /!\ ||Problems with some kernels - try noscsi at boot ||
|| Interface || VGA (15 Pin) ||  {OK} || ||
|| Interface ||4xCOM (9Pin, RS232)||  {OK} ||Shared interrupts - lirc does not work ||
|| Interface ||CAN-Bus || [ ] ||No device in lspci ||
|| Interface ||LPT ||  {OK} || ||
|| Interface ||PS2 Mouse/Keyboard||  {OK} || ||
|| Interface || USB 1.1 ||  {OK} || ||
||SCSI CD || ||  {X} || ''most distros dont find the device '' ||
||Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 || 10/100 ||  {OK} || ||


[ ]  Did not check, yet
{OK}  Works out of the box
/!\ Does work partially
{X}  Does not work at all

Debian and Knoppix had problems with the SCSI-Controller. Also APIC caused trouble on boot-time. I finally could get it work with Gentoo (Kernel 2.6.17* - 2.6.19-gentoo-r5) and the following kernel-parms: kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda3 noscsi noapic

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