Sony Vaio 505TR

Hello, I have recently purchased a used Sony 505tr laptop. I am a regular Slackware user, but I'd like to try out Debian on it. Can anybody give me some tips? I have successfully managed to boot off of the official 2.2 cd, using 'boot: linux ide1=0x180,0x386' which causes the Sony PCGA-CD51/A c

Sony Vaio 505TR

Hello, I have recently purchased a used Sony 505tr laptop. I am a regular Slackware user, but I'd like to try out Debian on it. Can anybody give me some tips? I have successfully managed to boot off of the official 2.2 cd, using 'boot: linux ide1=0x180,0x386' which causes the Sony PCGA-CD51/A