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<H2><A NAME="s3">3. How to install Linux?</A></H2>
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<P>Installing Linux on the system will not be big problem. However,
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you
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need to aware that initially, there are one non-DOS partition on the
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system. I have no idea what that partition is. It is 400MB partition,
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and it is visible by running fdisk. I simply deleted this partition to
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allocate it for Linux. And I don't have any problem, so probably it must
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be something to do with software installation. (Update 12/29/98) This
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400MB partition is only on older models, it really supporsed to be another
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400MB DOS partition, but Sony made mistake on it. Please refer to other
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instruction for general installation of Linux. The VAIO has nice support
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that you can boot directly from CD-ROM, if CD-ROM is bootable. Since the BIOS
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supports it, it is what you can use in some distribution. This is nice,
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because you can perform floppyless installation. Particularly, Redhat
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could boot from CD-ROM. Other distribution like SUSE also claims that it
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can boot from CD-ROM. But as I have not checked those yet, I cannot be
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sure on that. If that this way of booting does not work with yours, try
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checking boot option in the BIOS. Kernel configuration shouldn't be big
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problem except for the part to setup soundcard. But as I covered that
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issue earlier, I will not talk about it in this section. The VAIO
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computer is equipped with APM BIOS, or Advanced Power Management BIOS, I
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personally don't recommend that you enable support to it under Linux. I
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had problem when I enabled it. (Update 12/29/98) I have received report
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that with 505, CD-ROM install is difficult and network install is much
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easier.
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