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Re: Need to Install Ubuntu

 

Dear Friends,

has anybody sucsess with LTS (GSM) module in new z1311? I mean correctly
turn on and turn off? Because after turn off I cannot turn it on...

В Вт., 16/10/2012 в 09:52 +0200, Maarten Abbink пишет:

> Well, I have ubuntu 12.04 and then upgraded to kernel 3.6.
> 
> But I don't know whether the media station works 100% or not.
> 
> 
> in summary: networking , the optical drive and usb-hub functions work.
> lspci even identifies the ati-card in the pmd.
> see this post for more info on my current quest for getting ubuntu to
> work properly on the vaio z3.
> --
> 
> Maarten Abbink
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Miguel Veliz <miguelv06@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>         Bah ill just go ahead and do a clean install of it, was
>         thinking of probably just installing linux, and running
>         windows on a virtual machine... So should i disable the built
>         in bios and just create one with the ubuntu installer? 
>         
>         Also for the media base does it really work out of the box
>         with kernel 3.5? or i still have to do some tweaking? 
>         
>         Im better off installing 12.04? and upgrading the kernel to
>         3.5? than installing a beta OS? 12.10?
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On 10/15/2012 07:55 PM, Craig Blackie wrote:
>         
>         > Oh dear, meant to say 12.10!
>         > 
>         > Regards,
>         > Craig S. Blackie 
>         > 
>         > 
>         > On 16 Oct 2012 01:54, "Craig Blackie"
>         > <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         > 
>         >         Doubtful as 12.04 will stick with 3.0 kernel. You
>         >         may have luck with 12.19 which is shipping with a
>         >         much newer kernel. Failing that, you can install the
>         >         newer kernel builds in Ubuntu. They have downloads
>         >         of upstream releases.
>         >         
>         >         Regards,
>         >         Craig S. Blackie 
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         On 16 Oct 2012 01:51, "Miguel Veliz"
>         >         <miguelv06@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         >         
>         >                 I know there was a talk about how the new
>         >                 kernel supported out of the box the Media
>         >                 Station?? Is that new kernel is what’s
>         >                 shipping with 12.04???
>         >                 
>         >                  
>         >                 
>         >                 From: sony-vaio-z-series-bounces
>         >                 +miguelv06=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         >                 [mailto:sony-vaio-z-series-bounces
>         >                 +miguelv06=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>         >                 Behalf Of Maarten Abbink
>         >                 Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 1:47 PM
>         >                 To: sony-vaio-z-series@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         >                 Subject: Re: [Sony-vaio-z-series] Need to
>         >                 Install Ubuntu
>         >                 
>         >                  
>         >                 
>         >                 Booting from sd cards won't work. at least I
>         >                 couldn't make that happen on my svz1311c.
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 Also, I believe I have read somewhere that
>         >                 booting from usb will throttle the port down
>         >                 to usb2 speed (but I don't have a source)
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 --
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 Maarten Abbink
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Roberto
>         >                 Gardenier <robertogardenier@xxxxxxxxx>
>         >                 wrote:
>         >                 
>         >                 But why not just resize ur partitions and
>         >                 install both on the raid 0 configured
>         >                 drives? Thats what i did. If u need more
>         >                 space then just use a ext. drive. 
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                 Op 15 okt. 2012 19:25 schreef "Miguel Veliz"
>         >                 <miguelv06@xxxxxxxxx> het volgende:
>         >                 
>         >                 
>         >                          
>         >                         
>         >                         I guess i could try it.. Then get
>         >                         like a usb3 to sata3 adapter, and
>         >                         buy an SSD that should be fast.. if
>         >                         not ummm my next option would be one
>         >                         of those fast SD cards,
>         >                         (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220723) 
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM,
>         >                         Roberto Gardenier
>         >                         <robertogardenier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         >                         
>         >                         Hi,
>         >                         
>         >                         Im not sure but i dont think that
>         >                         the usb ports are accesable at post
>         >                         when connected to the pmd. Havent
>         >                         tested it yet but my ques is that it
>         >                         wouldnt work. 
>         >                         
>         >                         Roberto.
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         Op 15 okt. 2012 18:34 schreef
>         >                         "Miguel Veliz" <miguelv06@xxxxxxxxx>
>         >                         het volgende:
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         So I need to dual boot ubuntu and
>         >                         windows.. My windows partition will
>         >                         stay in my z3 raid 0 partition, but
>         >                         i need to run ubuntu on a external
>         >                         media and i need it to be fast... 
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                          
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         If i grab one of those USB3.0
>         >                         external drives and connect it to my
>         >                         media dock.. I can boot to it at usb
>         >                         3.0 speeds?
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                          
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         -- 
>         >                         - Miguel Veliz
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                         
>         >                          
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>         >                         -- 
>         >                         - Miguel Veliz
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