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Getac M220
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 4:11 pm
by Azrial
I have a set of Getac M220 that I am trying to refresh and reload the OS. They are WinXP Pro right now and have 512MB of RAM. I do not know what the max RAM the machine will support. I can look that up.
Has anyone put Linux on one?
Re: Getac M220
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 3:29 pm
by Azrial
I guess not...
Well this will not be my first, first! LoL!
Re: Getac M220
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 3:57 pm
by Azrial
Well I did just find something interesting in an old article, in case someone else is on this quest...
The M220 was standard with XP, but Linux was a factory option!
L@@K HERE!
I also found the M220 is still supported on the company website, but can not find any support for Linux
there.
They even still had the User's Manual,
here.
And
here I found the Linux TouchScreen Driver
Well, that's all for now!
Re: Getac M220
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:24 am
by Azrial
The M220 is pretty similar to a CF-29. It uses the same Intel Chipset to support a 1.6 GHz Centrino CPU. The big difference is that there is no on-board RAM, so with 2 slots that gives you an easy 2GB of RAM. I have not tried to put Win7 on it, as mine is presently only 512k, it is running Navitrix Linux. It runs pretty well considering the present limited memory!
More later!
Re: Getac M220
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:29 am
by kode-niner
One of these days I'll get my hands on an M220 to futz around with. They seem like really great pieces of kit. Is it hard to get accessories for it like caddies and batteries?
Re: Getac M220
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:27 am
by toughasnails
Sure is...caddy will cost you big bucks. At least they did.. I tried to order parts from them but it was a no go...