* Re: [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
2002-02-15 18:10 [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together? Thomas West
@ 2002-02-15 15:46 ` vic
2002-02-15 16:13 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-02-18 10:13 ` vic
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: vic @ 2002-02-15 15:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> Has any one installed Plan9 on the subject Vaio?
I did about a year ago.
I had no problems with the basic installation.
I don't have the machine anymore, but I'll try to help
if you have trouble.
Vic
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* Re: [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
2002-02-15 18:10 [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together? Thomas West
2002-02-15 15:46 ` vic
@ 2002-02-15 16:13 ` Boyd Roberts
2002-02-15 16:19 ` Matt H
2002-02-18 10:13 ` vic
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Boyd Roberts @ 2002-02-15 16:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Thomas West wrote:
> Has any one installed Plan9 on the subject Vaio?
I have it on a PCG-N505SN, which I think is the European version.
Make sure you have a compatible PCMCIA ethernet card [my kingdom
for a 3c589 PCMCIA card].
I also have it on a PCG-Z600LEK.
It has a graphics card that Plan 9 doesn't support. Well, it works
but you get large rectangular verticle 'holes' in the windows. To
defeat this problem during install I just resized the 'install' window
so it was really narrow, defeating the problem.
This doesn't really worry me because it has an on-board i8255x ethernet
card which plan 9 supports and I want to use it as a server [no graphics].
> If so, is the recipie available?
Yes:
http://home.fr.inter.net/boyd/code/plan9/usbflop.html
Sony seem to chop their disks in 'half': 1/2 for c: and the rest
is unused [presumably for d:] which is fine for a Plan 9 partition.
Should you need to re-install off the VAIO CDs they seem to leave
the 'unused' part of the disk alone; your Plan 9 is left intact.
I've installed it some small n times on both.
If it's running Windows 2000 getting dual boot to work is probably
not doable. It is with '98. I tried it on the PCG-Z600LEK with
the NT dual boot and it took some sort of a fault during installation.
I 'think' 2000 is lot closer to NT than it is to '9x but I could be
wrong or it could be some 'weird VAIO thing' (tm).
I don't care about running 2000 on the PCG-Z600LEK so it always
boots Plan 9. You can swap between them with disk/fdisk and
some other windows/floopy trickery which I forget.
Both of them are sitting beside me so, if you get stuck mail me.
http://home.fr.inter.net/boyd/code/plan9/vaios.jpg
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* Re: [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
2002-02-15 16:13 ` Boyd Roberts
@ 2002-02-15 16:19 ` Matt H
2002-02-15 16:29 ` Boyd Roberts
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Matt H @ 2002-02-15 16:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans; +Cc: boyd
> This doesn't really worry me because it has an on-board i8255x ethernet
> card which plan 9 supports and I want to use it as a server [no graphics].
you send me the vaio I'll send you a populated mini tower :)
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* Re: [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
2002-02-15 16:19 ` Matt H
@ 2002-02-15 16:29 ` Boyd Roberts
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Boyd Roberts @ 2002-02-15 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Matt H wrote:
> you send me the vaio I'll send you a populated mini tower :)
No chance.
Despite the amount of trouble they've given me, my VAIOs are cool.
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* [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
@ 2002-02-15 18:10 Thomas West
2002-02-15 15:46 ` vic
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Thomas West @ 2002-02-15 18:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Has any one installed Plan9 on the subject Vaio?
If so, is the recipie available?
-tom
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* Re: [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
2002-02-15 18:10 [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together? Thomas West
2002-02-15 15:46 ` vic
2002-02-15 16:13 ` Boyd Roberts
@ 2002-02-18 10:13 ` vic
2002-02-18 11:21 ` Boyd Roberts
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: vic @ 2002-02-18 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
boyd@strakt.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:
> I have it on a PCG-N505SN, which I think is the European version.
> It has a graphics card that Plan 9 doesn't support. Well, it works
I don't think the 505F and the PCG-N505SN are so
closely related. In any case, I had no video problems.
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* Re: [9fans] vaio PCG 505 F - and Plan9 Perfect together?
2002-02-18 10:13 ` vic
@ 2002-02-18 11:21 ` Boyd Roberts
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Boyd Roberts @ 2002-02-18 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
vic wrote:
>
> boyd@strakt.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:
> > I have it on a PCG-N505SN, which I think is the European version.
>
> > It has a graphics card that Plan 9 doesn't support. Well, it works
>
> I don't think the 505F and the PCG-N505SN are so
> closely related. In any case, I had no video problems.
You misread my post. The video problem is with the PCG-Z600LEK.
No problem with the 505.
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