Thanks for your notes Juan and Lance.
I spoke with Ray at Memory Express SE. He suggested Linux may not
'officially' support i3, i5 & i7 architectures as these use a new
reduced chipset - for eg. integrated graphics and memory controller - no
more fsb northbridge southbridge bus architecture - and so on.
Ray corrected me - it's i3 not 3i etc. So my new search confirms Linux
support for these is a recognized issue as you pointed out Lance
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1386094.html
Maybe the ubuntu 10.4 release in a few weeks will address some of these
snags.
I may have to opt for one of the plethora of pre- iX mobile chips Intel
offers - I require VT-x hardware virtualization support.
Thanks all. John
Juan Alberto Cirez wrote:
John,
I had a similar issue with the acer laptops. They were both running on
a Intel CPU. I don't know if the CUP model was the same as the one you
mentioned.
Also, I've found that the one 'sub-distro' that seem to work the best
right out of the box with my laptops is the Ubuntu Netbook Remix
(UNR), specially on my HP 2500tx
John Clarke wrote:
Hi folks,
Yesterday I took a Ubuntu 9.10 cd in to the Northland Futureshop to
identify sub $1000 laptops with Intel 3i processors that support Linux.
To my chagrin all three Toshiba, Sony and HP laptops I sampled did not
want to boot. No messages or any signs of life after several minutes
of waiting either. The initial livecd boot menu displayed fine and I
could select between livecd and install menu items as expected, but
after that no clues of activity.
Moe and the other helpful Futureshop guys shrugged with surprise. When
I got home I confirmed the LiveCD would boot, so apparently that was
not the problem source.
I Googled 'Intel 3i laptops won't boot ubuntu' but no problem reports
caught my attention.
Has anyone some insight or similar experience with this issue? I
would like to find out what the problem and remedy is. A network boot
or some other drastic measure?
Would Knoppix or some other livecd likely work - that shouldn't
matter, right?
The laptops to be had nowadays for < $1000 are remarkable. But off
limits to Linux?! Thanks for any tips.
John
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