Re: Debian etch on SONY VAIO VGN-FE880E/H
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.
>
I would suggest you start by checking if drivers exists in the linux
world for the components used in your sony laptop. After that see if
these drivers exists in Debian or can be built on a Debian system.
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