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Re: Sony ultralite Vavio 505
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Dec 2 20:47:00 1998
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 20:46:20 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Karlette Schoen wrote:
> I am trying to load linux on a partition on a sony vaio 505 ultra lite
> laptop. It loaded only by using the backpack cdrom player and not the sony
> one that came along. My problems include pmcia support, xwindows drivers
> and wondering if anyone has it working for them. Startx fails and tells me
> there is an error. What type of mouse does one use if you have the touchpad
> type? I think my problem lies in the video too so anyone with a startx
> config available for this machine could they mail it to me. Where is the
> pcmcia boot disk with 5.2?
In the images directory of the CD. It's called supp.img, but it is
not a boot disk, its a suplementary disk.
In case nobody else has that machine,
it's all explained at http://www.redhat.com/support in RedHat Installation
Guide
which is the book that comes in the boxed set.
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Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2
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