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toggles
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 Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:16 pm Post subject: [Solved] Sony Z505 laptop? |
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Just wondering if anyone has managed to install gentoo on a Sony Z505 laptop? I'm having a lot of trouble with the cdrom (external pcmcia).
I can get the minimal install cd to boot using the following kernel options
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boot: gentoo ide2=0x180,0x386
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boot: gentoo nopcmcia ide2=0x180,0x386
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but once the machine is up I get a lot of errors about not being able to read the cdrom
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end_request: I/O error, dev hde, sector xxxx
SQUASHFS error: zlib_fs returned unexpected result 0xfffffffd
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read fragment cache block [xxxx]
SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page, block xxx, size xxx
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then programs start failing to run
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-/bin/bash: /usr/bin/whoami: cannot execute binary file
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pilla
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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try a search in google using the following parameters:
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sony z505 linux laptop
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You'll get many reports of installing different Linux distros into it, maybe one of them can help you with your current problem.
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toggles
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, been there done that. Over the years I've sucessfully run a few RedHats on it, but now I run a gentoo shop and would like to get gentoo on this machine.
I've tried knoppix to do an alternate install and it has the same issues, I was hoping someong here might have a better idea than installing a full RH/Fedora system before going through the alternat install...
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pilla
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| Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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have you tried an older Gentoo LiveCD? Maybe it's something with the newer kernels.
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toggles
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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I tried a 2004.3 iso, same problems, any idea where to find older versions?
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toggles
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| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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I seem to have managed to get the 2004.3 and 2005.0 install minimal isos to run with the following options
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