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- Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 1
information about: • Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700, and M300, as well as newer models of the Armada 1500c, Armada 1750, Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 families. • Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000 Beta 3. • Support for the Linux operating system - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 2
Elite, SoftPaq, MultiLock, QuickBlank, QuickLock, UltraView, and Compaq PC Card Solution logo are trademarks and/or service marks of Compaq Computer Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows NT Server and Workstation, Microsoft SQL Server for Windows NT are trademarks and/or registered - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 3
E700, M700, and M300, as well as newer models of the Armada 1500c, Armada 1750, Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 families. • Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. and Windows 2000 Beta 3. • Support for the Linux operating system on the Armada 7400 and 7800 families. Defining Support Compaq - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 4
included on the hard drive image pre-installed by Compaq. For customers who create their own hard drive image, it is important that this utility be installed. Preinstalled Operating Systems Compaq currently gives customers the choice of Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT 4.0 as the - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 5
NT 4.0 with SP33 Windows 98 Second Edition4 Windows 985 Retail Windows 95 OSR 2.1 or 2.56 Windows 95 OSR1 Windows 95 OSR 2.1 and Windows NT 4.0 SP2 Dual Installation DOS Windows 3.1x and Windows 95 OSR 1 Dual Installation Armada E700 YES NO YES NO YES NO NO NO Armada M700 YES NO YES - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 6
4.0 with SP5 Windows NT 4.0 with SP4 Windows NT 4.0 with SP3 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows 98 Retail Windows 95 OSR 2.1 or OSR 2.511 Windows 95 OSR 1 Windows NT 3.51 DOS/ Windows 3.1x OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0 Armada E700 YES YES YES NO YES YES YES NO NO NO NO Armada M700 YES YES - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 7
NA CVA22 NA Plug-and-Play Support for PC OS OS CVA23 OS NA CVA NA Cards Compaq Ethernet CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA CVA OS Network Drivers Compaq Intelligent CVA CVA CVA CVA NA NA NA Manageability Hot Docking24 OS25 OS NA OS NA NA NA MultiBay Hot OS27 NA28 CVA NA29 - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 8
, DVD, floppy drive, LS-120, and batteries in the Compaq MultiBay. 27 Windows 2000 supports MultiBay hot swapping support on ACPI systems only. 28 MultiBay hot swapping is offered on the Armada 6500, E700, M700, and M300. 29 MultiBay hot swapping is offered on the Armada 6500, E700, M700, and M300 - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 9
Feature & Hardware Support Under Windows 95 OSR2 Feature FAT32 DriveSpace Update Power Management Improvements Storage Enhancements PC Card Enhancements CDFS Enhancements Description Enhancements to the Windows 95 FAT file system designed to efficiently support large hard disks, up to 2 Terabytes - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 10
New Feature & Hardware Support under Windows 98 Feature Description Windows Update Includes the Update Manager. This feature keeps users'systems up-to-date by providing easy access to the latest drivers and operating system files on an on-going basis. Dial-Up Networking Improvements Includes - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 11
convert a hard drive from the FAT16 to FAT32. Power Management Win32® Driver Model (WDM) Windows Maintenance Wizard Windows 98 is the first Microsoft operating system to feature ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). ACPI is an open industry specification that is an integral part of - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 12
integrated USB require optional USB hardware such as the Compaq USB PC Card. 41 Multiple Monitor Support requires multiple video controllers. Only some Armada products feature a dual video controller architecture that enables this feature. Compaq notebook families listed as not supporting Windows 98 - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 13
under Windows NT 4.0 Feature Category Power Management Supported PC Cards Description System tray accessible battery status Power off at shutdown44 Standby and hibernation support Power conservation timers FAT16 hibernation support under both FAT16 and NTFS Control Panel extension Support for - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 14
-aware drivers offer hot swapping capabilities. Cards known to offer this support include: Adaptec 1480 SCSI CardBus, TDK Network Flyer 100 CardBus, Madge Token Ring CardBus, Madge TR MK2 (non-CardBus) 47 Limited to hot swapping of CD-ROM, DVD, floppy drives, and batteries in the Compaq MultiBay - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 15
Portable PCs48 Category Processor Memory Hard Drive Operating System Power Management Ready PC Requirements for Portable PCs 233 Mhz 64 MB N/A Preinstalled with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 ACPI Ready and Enabled Windows 2000 Beta Support As discussed above, Compaq is actively participating in - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 16
Native Feature Support under Windows 200049 Feature Description Premier Mobile Support Hot and warm docking and undocking for ACPI platforms. Hot swapping of MultiBay devices (CD-ROM, floppy, DVD, LS-120, battery) and PC Cards for ACPI platforms. Offline files, folders, network drives and web - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 17
to the Windows NT operating system. As such, Compaq now supports this operating memory 120MB Hard Disk Drive for a minimal custom Most video cards supported53 CD-ROM drive 3.5" floppy disk drive support, PCX networking, and floppy management utilities. 53 Refer to http://www.redhat.com/support - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 18
available under Linux: Feature Description Premier Mobile Support Hot-swapping of optional storage components (such as Hard Disk Drives, Floppy Disk Drives, CD-ROM, DVD, LS120 or ZIP drives). Hot-docking into Armada Station docking stations. Compaq Unique Features Enhanced audio features. Use - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 19
share of the installed user base. Some corporate customers have opted to stay with Windows 3.1x until they are ready to deploy Windows 98 or Windows 2000. For this reason Compaq will continue to provide support for DOS 6.2x and Windows 3.1x on the LTE 5000 and older Armada product families. Refer - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 20
32-bit CardBus PC Cards, Plug-and-Play device support and Infrared support. Windows NT 3.51 software enhancements from Compaq are not preinstalled on any portable but are available as individual SoftPaqs and can be obtained by contacting Compaq Customer Service & Support or on the Compaq Web site at - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 21
Compaq recommends that Windows 98 customers who wish to use ACPI on Compaq Armada products upgrade to Windows 98 Second Edition or later. Most Armada platforms have ACPI hardware support and BIOS support, although in some cases, a BIOS upgrade may be required to enable BIOS support. With Windows 98 - Compaq Armada E700 | Operating System Support for Armada Portable Products - Sep - Page 22
under Microsoft Windows 95 OSR1? Compaq only supports those hardware features inherently supported under Windows 95 OSR1. New types of hardware supported under Windows 95 OSR2, such as 32-bit CardBus PC Cards, cannot be supported under Windows 95 OSR1. For customers who require access to the
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White Paper
September 1999
1189-1099A-WWEN
Prepared by Portables Software
Marketing
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Highlights
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3
Defining Support
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3
Support Software
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3
Compaq QuickRestore
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3
Compaq Software CD
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4
Compaq Support Software
CD
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4
System Enhancement
Diskette
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4
Preinstalled Operating
Systems
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4
Supported Operating
Systems
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5
Compaq Value-Added
Features
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6
Windows 95
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8
Windows 98
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10
Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation 4.0
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12
Windows 2000 Professional
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14
Linux
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DOS 6.2x & Windows 3.1x
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Microsoft Windows NT 3.51
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IBM OS/2 Warp 3.0 & 4.0
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Frequently Asked Questions
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List of Tables
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Operating System Support for
Compaq Portable Products –
September 1999
Abstract:
The purpose of this White Paper is to present operating
system features supported on Compaq portable computers. Compaq
supports Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 95,
across all products and Windows 2000 Beta 3, Windows for
Workgroups 3.1x, Windows 3.1x, DOS 6.2x, and IBM OS/2 Warp
across selected platforms.
In addition to features inherently supported in the operating system
itself, Compaq also provides software to enhance the user experience
and usability of the mobile PC. Features supported through Compaq
software are described in this paper.
This is the eighth edition of the document. This edition includes
information about:
•
Operating system support for the new Armada E700, M700, and
M300, as well as newer models of the Armada 1500c, Armada
1750, Armada 7400 and Armada 7800 families.
•
Support for Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition and
Windows 2000 Beta 3.
•
Support for the Linux operating system on the Armada 7400 and
7800 families.