I just recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite 5005-s504 and this does not have a bios. Everything is controlled by ACPI and the OS. Works fine in M$ Windoze but, Linux has had a little bit of trouble, nothing crazy, but sound, modem, easy stuff like that, that should work doesnt. This is just an informational post to let yous guys know that this is happening.
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I just recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite 5005-s504 and this does not have a bios. Everything is controlled by ACPI and the OS. Works fine in M$ Windoze but, Linux has had a little bit of trouble, nothing crazy, but sound, modem, easy stuff like that, that should work doesnt. This is just an informational post to let yous guys know that this is happening.
http://mobilix.org/toshiba_s5005_s504.html
Document on installing Linux on the 5005-s504 http://www.topica.com/lists/5005-linux/?cid=2823
An email list set up to get everything working.