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Re: Sony ultralite Vavio 505
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Carpenter)
Wed Dec 2 22:08:50 1998
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:08:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Randy Carpenter <rcarpen@celt.network1.net>
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I don't know why Red Hat does not have a linload bootable ramdisk image
available... other people make them, but sometimes they are hard to
find. I got the RedHat 5.2 linload/ramdisk from somewhere, and
successfully installed 5.2 on my libretto without using any floppies or
cd-roms. I think it would be to Red Hat's advantage to support this
method of booting into the installer.
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Randy Carpenter - UNIX Systems Admin First Network Group
rcarpen@celt.network1.net Wapakoneta, OH
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On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jan Carlson wrote:
> Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 20:46:20 -0500
> From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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> Subject: Re: Sony ultralite Vavio 505
> Resent-Date: 3 Dec 1998 01:50:02 -0000
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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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