thanks! ccing to the list On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:34 PM, bernddude <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi i just thought i share my little Envy adventure, maybe i might help > someone else who is considering HP's Eny & Linux > also if anyone has a suggestion ... i'd be great full > > i got my Eny 15-1110-CTO from eBay 2 weeks ago. first thing of cause to > install Linux ... > ooops wait no DVD drive, well go to the lab and get one from my > servers... > ooops wait the system does not recognize the extenal DVD drive (to be > specific bout ignores it at boot time, it hangs) > finally i decided, ok i got to get the HP external DVD drive... (at > least delivery was real quick, just 1 day and it looks sleek) > of we go, now i can in fact install (k)buntu, cool so lets get rid of > Windows and do a fresh install, after all my system has a 1.8" 250GByte > HDD and a 1.8" SSD 160 Gbyte, so i do not want to waste space on the SSD > for Win7 i never use (never ever ???) > (btw. different to other systems you can't just swap hard drives, you > need to literally disassemble the notebook, 20 screws just to get to the > drives only to find that they are in a propriatory bay installation :( > (typically i just take the HDD out, install what i need and go) > so now we have Lucid Lynx & HP Envy, oops it does not support sleep, it > does not hibernate. ok well need to shut it down. wait what is that , it > does not shut down ...? > after some help from folks on the forum, i learned i need a bios update > ... F26 . of to HP's web side . wait the bios update is only available > for Win7 ? ok so lets try to borrow a Win 7 DVD, after all i bought my > DVD drive. > Win7 comes up and ...oh i need some DVD driver ? so lets check the CD > which comes with the drive ...NO. off to HP's web site, mh NO driver for > this product , can't even be found ... > finally after lots of searching and getting a bit dissapointed, i > decided to purchase the rebuild DVD's. > they two arrive fast , but what a surprise (or not ?) , they report > ..some cryptic boot device not found error ....[SRBC driver=None] and > end up in an endless loop (after each reboot) > > icing on the cake, when calling up HP help desk, i got the advice, "this > should work, you should try again " > > sorry if this all sounds a bit "sarcastic" i guess i just try to find > teh "comical" side in this whole story ... if anyone has any good ideas > , i'd be thankful > > p.s. i get the hunch the "mini" raid controller between the SSD & HDD > might be what is giving me grieve with the rebuild DVD's, just i would > have expected HP's should have tested all their models to work ? > > thx bernd > > p.s. Jacob, thx again for all your help, would you have some advise on > how i could try the Maverik kernel. in case i won't be able to update my > bios ? > -- > This message was sent from Launchpad by the user > bernddude (https://launchpad.net/~bernddude) > using the "Contact this team" link on the HP Envy series > team page to each member directly. > For more information see > https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople >
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