Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Jul 1999 15:18:22 -0700 (PDT) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: slightly OT: VAIO 505SX ? |
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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Bjorn Wesen wrote:
> I remember this nice thread a month ago about the difficulty on installing > Linux on VAIO's (due to the CDROM using a PCcard driver, and ports being > USB). > > The new 505SX model seems really neat - integrated 10/100 ethernet and > modem, 128 mb ram, p2/366 and all. Has anyone tried installing Linux on > one ? It should be possible to boot from the USB floppy maybe, and then > install over the built-in ethernet, if that is supported. Is it ? :)
The floppy is USB, the bios can however boot off the pcmcia interface cdrom, so that seems to be the way that most people are installing linux on it.
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