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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks! ccing to the list

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:34 PM, bernddude <bernddude@xxxxxxxxx> 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 ?
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