Re: SuSE 8.2 and PCG-R505EL

On Saturday 31 May 2003 04:38 pm, Dave Michelson wrote:
>  From previous posts, I gather that installing SuSE 8.2 on a PCG-R505EL is
> fairly straightforward thanks to SuSE's full support for ACPI and such.
>
> A few questions:
>
> 1. Can one install directly from the DVDROM drive in the docking station,
> or must one do a network install (as I did with RH 7.3)?
>
> 2. Are there any significant issues with SuSE 8.2 and the PCG-R505EL of
> which one should be aware?

The archives of this list may  have some hints on how to deal with
the external DVDrom issue.  There were lots of reports of problems
with that, but I forget the details.

> 3. Is SuSE the only distro that is "Vaio-friendly" at this point?

No, there are others, but SuSE is the clear leader at this point because
8.2 installs and gets everything working without putting you in RPM hell
and without the need of a kernel compile.


John Andersen - NORCOM
http://www.norcomsoftware.com/