Hi Hendrik et al. I solved all my problems associated with installing linux on an acer v7 laptop--------- I returned it to Future Shop of a full refund! I was spending too much time and energy on it. I'll stick with my desktop for now.
Thanks for all the help. Robin On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Hendrik Schaink <hscha...@infovisi.com>wrote: > Looking forward to reading about your efforts in getting around the > locked-in boot partition of any Win8 machine! > > Hendrik > > > > On 13-08-05 03:37 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> Thanks for your comments gents. I had a rush of blood to the brain and >> splashed out for the acer v7 before I had a chance to read the comment >> from Gustin and Andrew: it has lots of RAM, a "hybrid" drive (a 24gb ssd >> portion and a 500gb hdd portion) and wasn't too expensive. My plan is >> to replace windows8 with either ubuntu or debian. I hope I can arrange >> to have home on the 500gb hdd and the os on the 24gb sdd. Will the >> installers do that or will it require some clever partitioning of the >> "hybrid" drive? I would be grateful for comments. >> >> Robin >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Andrew Robinson >> <and...@boohahaonline.com >> <mailto:andrew@boohahaonline.**com<and...@boohahaonline.com>>> >> wrote: >> >> Not to sound condescending, but I have been selling computer >> hardware since before the turn of the century, both corporate and >> retail, and I believe that you are confusing a netbook with an >> ultra-book. An ultra-book is built like most other laptops, the >> only difference being that an ultra-book is thinner than a typical >> laptop. In regards to solder on ram any brand of laptop, be it a >> netbook, an ultra- book, or a regular laptop any of these can have >> ram solder on to the motherboard. In terms of the screens available >> on ultra-books and regular laptops are essentially the same, be it >> touch screen, high resolution, ips, or other feature. Hardware wise >> both styles have very similar hardware, in terms of processor >> options, ram speeds, hard drive options, and integrated features.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> *From:*clug-talk >> [mailto:clug-talk-bounces@**clug.ca<clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca> >> <mailto:clug-talk-bounces@**clug.ca <clug-talk-boun...@clug.ca>>] >> *On Behalf Of *Gustin Johnson >> *Sent:* Sunday, August 4, 2013 11:53 AM >> *To:* CLUG General >> *Subject:* Re: [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> Do not think of "Ultra-books" as computers. They are appliances >> that you will likely not be able to service or upgrade. Generally >> the RAM is soldered on and the batteries are not usually replaceable >> either.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> I get that the really thin profile is cool looking, but the crappy >> hardware and screens that they stuff into these things is really not >> worth it in the long run, at least in my opinion.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> There is a reason that I bought a Lenovo T430 instead of an >> "Ultra-book". It had a standard mSATA, a slim (7mm) SATA 2.5", and >> a replacable optical drive (I have a 2.5" drive caddy in place of >> the optical drive. RAM was also user serviceable with detachable >> batteries. The clincher was the matte IPS panel.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> High quality laptops seem to be a dying breed. I used to flip >> between several brands (the Dell Latitude line used to be a >> favourite of mine) as they had pretty comparable value. Currently >> only Lenovo seems to make anything half decent from the top tier >> vendors.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> There are some smaller OEMs (like Sager, I buy Power and Rosewill) >> where you can get decent components, YMMV with them.____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Robinson >> <and...@boohahaonline.com >> <mailto:andrew@boohahaonline.**com<and...@boohahaonline.com>>> >> wrote:____ >> >> >> The 24gb ssd is typically going to be a cache drive. It may not be >> possible to install anything on it, this will be a bios limitation. >> In terms of replacing the drive in some cases the caching ssd drives >> have different mounting holes than standard msata drives. That is >> the issue I've got with me Asus laptop. >> >> Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com >> <http://www.nitrodesk.com>)___**_ >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* Richard Carter [carter.r....@gmail.com >> <mailto:carter.r....@gmail.com**>] >> *Received:* Saturday, 03 Aug 2013, 9:49 >> *To:* CLUG General [clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca>] >> *Subject:* [clug-talk] Installing Linux on Acer V7____ >> >> __ __ >> >> >> I'm considering buying an Acer V7-581-6489 laptop which has 2 >> drives; a 500GB HDD and a 24GB SSD. I want to get rid of Windows 8 >> and install Debian and/or Ubunu. Has anyone had any experience >> doing an install on a computer of this kind? ____ >> >> >> What I would really like to do is replace the 24GB SSD with a 128GB >> SSD. 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