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    VAIO FE 880 and linux installation.

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by lvgandhi, Apr 2, 2007.

  1. lvgandhi

    lvgandhi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Whether anyone has installed linux(I will prefer debian or ubuntu) in fe880, If so kindly give step by step procedure.
     
    lvgandhi, Apr 2, 2007
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    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Are you dual booting?

    In any case, the setup procedure is going to be the same on all notebooks. Download the ISO for the distro you want (Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Mint, etc) and burn it to a good quality blank CD. Make sure you error check the disc to avoid any problems during your install.

    Reboot your machine with the disc in the optical drive, and boot to it. You will get the install menu. Once you boot to the LiveCD (if your distro has the option) you can play with it to see if everything works hardware-wise. Then go ahead and install...
     
    Gautam, Apr 2, 2007
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    lvgandhi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the reply. I have many dual boot systems. May be I was not clear in my question. I want to dual boot both vista and debian. I want to retain all that sony gives intially including its restore partition. Further i have read vista's partition shring doesn't show full usable free space unless restore is disabled and something regarding shadow and page(I don't know what it is and how to do it).
    Hence taking care of all these, shrinking that new Vista NTFS partition to the maximum is my first requirement. I want to get this done properly first. Hence I nedd advice in this regard first.
    Second regarding making work all the hardware that comes with fe880. Any suggestions in this regard is welcome.
     
    lvgandhi, Apr 3, 2007
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