I recommend trying a mounted installation. It is considerably faster and easier. I tried to do it through the CDROM, but this is the best way for any system. Now if I could just get ethernet to renew properly out of APM... If anyone has any ideas, PLEASE do tell. I think it is not renewing the IRQ when it comes out of APM...
-ks > -----Original Message----- > From: stephan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 8:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: New Sony VAIO support? > > > I have had a difficult time installing Debian on a 505ve laptop. > The biggest > problem > seems to be that hdc (cdrom) loses the interrupt after you > install the kernel, > which makes > it difficult to instll any other packages. Has anyone encountered > this problem? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I was wondering if anyone is working on support for the newer Sony > > VAIO notebooks, as there are a _lot_ of features which are currently > > unsupported under Debian (and Linux in general, in fact). For > > example, the function keys which switch to an external monitor, the > > volume etc (which all used to be supported by the BIOS directly) are > > now seemingly handled in software, which is only available for > > Windows... *sigh* > > > > Has Sony given any word on whether information will be given out, so > > that full use of these, otherwise very nice, notebooks can be made > > under an OS other than Windows? > > > > (The PCG-C1XE/S/D and PCG-Z505HX [I think..] both have this problem, > > and I assume many others do too). > > > > <rant> > > As an aside, I think that Sony have taken a large step backwards by > > doing this to their customers. > > </rant> > > > > Dave > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
