Re: SusE 8.2 on Sony Vaio

I would suggest Mandrake as opposed to RedHat. I had trouble getting RedHat
to recognize some of the devices. Mandrake didn't have any problems for most
of them. (modem, internal wireless card, IEEE 1394.. etc are still unknown
devices :) )
deepak

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan C. Sitte" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Linux-sony] SusE 8.2 on Sony Vaio


> Quoting "[email protected]" <[email protected]>:
>
> > Sorry if the thechnical content of this mail is below standard. Can
anyone
> > tell me why my sony pcg-FR215M hangs when trying to install suse 8.2
linux
> > distribution...(it seems to be hanging on YaST...)I have tried
> > disabling/enabling acpi, safe mode...am getting frustrated.. the same
thing
> > happened with 8.0. its been a week now and still no joy.. I don't have
> > internet access for my laptop as i cant connect it at work so this
> > distribution is the only one I have....(I am new to linux and want to
dual
> > boot with windows so that I can get used to the unix environment and
maybe
> > eventually give up windows.. but this is turning into a pretty sh1tty
> > introduction....)
> > thanks fro any advice
>
> I have not used that particular laptop but I can tell you that if you want
to
> have a better experience with linux as a beginner I suggest using RedHat
as my
> first choice or Mandrake as my second. These can both be downloaded free
of the
> internet.
>
> Jonathan C. Sitte <[email protected]>
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