who else is doing all this on an inspiron 8100?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  i vaguely recall (hopefully on this list) someone who had 
installed FCT on an inspiron 8100, and had succeeded in getting
sound, ACPI, 2.6 kernel and all that good stuff working.  i'm
still in the process of some of that, so i'm interested in
hearing from anyone who's done this, feel free to email me
off line and we can chat and share stories.

  any pointers to web pages covering this specific configuration
also appreciated.

rday