topic Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31321#M92894 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">This could be well due to the hidden recovery partition<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Thank you for the tip, but no, without the partition the problem stays.<BR /><BR />Hans<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:49:05 GMT hans2 2006-06-20T07:49:05Z VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31308#M92885 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can My VAIO run with Linux (without)? How to do this installation? Please help me.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:26:32 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31308#M92885 eray.atil 2006-06-16T07:26:32Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31309#M92886 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why have you put without in brackets, I am a little confused?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:09:23 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31309#M92886 kee-lo_ 2006-06-16T12:09:23Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31310#M92887 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Oh, sorry It means (without problems). Bye <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.ie/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:22:19 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31310#M92887 eray.atil 2006-06-16T15:22:19Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31311#M92888 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>For most Linux versions (Mandrake, SuSE, Debian, etc.) are Live-CDs available.<BR /><BR />They are free to download and work without to install. Just boot from Live-CD and you have a working Linux. That's a simple way to test compatibility.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:18:17 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31311#M92888 seb21__ 2006-06-16T16:18:17Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31313#M92889 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>On the VGN A617B you can run Linux-Live-CDS, but you can't install Linux, because the Harddisk isn't Linux-compatible.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:33:00 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31313#M92889 hans2 2006-06-16T16:33:00Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31314#M92890 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">On the VGN A617B you can run Linux-Live-CDS, but you can't install Linux, because the Harddisk isn't Linux-compatible.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />?????<BR /><BR />Hwo told you that?<BR />Did you tried to install without ACPI or just in Safe Mode?<BR />Maybe it's because it's an sATA drive and needed driver wasn't included.<BR />BTW, Linux isn't = Linux. SuSE could be more compatible than Debian at first install. Or the opposite.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:55:22 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31314#M92890 seb21__ 2006-06-16T16:55:22Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31316#M92891 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I agree with Seb, try a Live CD which you pop into your DVD drive before booting then you can see which Linux suits you and the VAIO<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:24:17 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31316#M92891 kee-lo_ 2006-06-16T18:24:17Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31317#M92892 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">On the VGN A617B you can run Linux-Live-CDS, but you can't install Linux, because the Harddisk isn't Linux-compatible.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />?????<BR /><BR />Hwo told you that?<BR />Did you tried to install without ACPI or just in Safe Mode?<BR />Maybe it's because it's an sATA drive and needed driver wasn't included.<BR />BTW, Linux isn't = Linux. SuSE could be more compatible than Debian at first install. Or the opposite.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />I tried with SuSE 9.3, SuSE 10.1 and Ubuntu 6.06 to install and it all failed at the point, where they tried to mount HD-Partitions. When I tried to mount HD-Parttions with Knoppix it also failed.<BR /><BR />Live-CDs run all good.<BR /><BR />Ich habe vergeblich versucht Linux mit SuSE 9.3, 10.1 und Ubuntu 6.06 zu installieren. Sie alle haben dort gehakt, wo sie die Festplattenpartitionen mounten wollten. Als ich eine Partition testweise mit Knoppix mounten wollte, hat das auch nicht funktioniert. <BR /><BR />Die SuSE und Knoppix Live-CDs liefen ansonsten aber gut.<BR /><BR />Hans<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:22:18 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31317#M92892 hans2 2006-06-17T13:22:18Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31319#M92893 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>This could be well due to the hidden recovery partition<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:09:05 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31319#M92893 kee-lo_ 2006-06-18T11:09:05Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31321#M92894 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">This could be well due to the hidden recovery partition<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Thank you for the tip, but no, without the partition the problem stays.<BR /><BR />Hans<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 07:49:05 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31321#M92894 hans2 2006-06-20T07:49:05Z Re: VAIO VGN-B1VP with Linux https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31322#M92895 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Fedora Core 5 läßt sich auf dem VGN A617B installieren.<BR /><BR />It's possible to install Fedora Core 5 on the VGN A617B.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:29:53 GMT https://community.sony.ie/t5/pcs-accessories/vaio-vgn-b1vp-with-linux/m-p/31322#M92895 hans2 2006-06-30T04:29:53Z