On 02Feb2006 02:02, Linda W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I have an old Sony Vaio PCG-XG700K laptop that has the original | Windows 2000 Professional on it. The HD has two partitions, a C: | partion of about 7Gb for the OS etc. and the D: has the rest of the 40Gb. | | I would like to be able to install Linux (RedHat or any other flavor) | either in the second partion or, if practical, just dump the old | Windows OS and make the whole box Linux. | | Are either of these approaches doable? If so how much work is it and | how good a knowledge of Linux does one need. (BTW - I am a software | engineer, but I've always worked in either Windows or Solaris and | never installed Linux on anything). | | Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.
Did you look here: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+on+vaio Plenty of promising links, including: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/VAIO+Linux.html Disclaimer: I've never tried to put linux on a VAIO. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Microsoft - where "cross platform" means "runs in both Win95 and WinNT". - Andy Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
