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Re: Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H



On 4/18/07, stevo123 <igotstamina@hotmail.com> wrote:

Did you ever find out if this is possible?  I'm in the exact same boat.

L.V.Gandhi wrote:
>
> I have searched google, tuxmobile, linux-laptop etc. I could n't find any
> much useful info regarding installing etch as dual boot in SONY VAIO
> VGN-FE880E/H. I will be thankful for any advice or pointers regarding
> partioin shrinking retaining 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 or pointers in this regard is welcome.
>

Please see http://debianetchonsonyvaiofe880.blogspot.com/
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L.V.Gandhi
http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/
linux user No.205042
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