mdsh.com/wiki

Ubuntu:Install 7.04 on PCG-Z600NE @Sep 2, 2007 5:38:11 PM

The Sony PCG-Z600NE is a Pentium III 500MHz laptop, originally bought with Windows 98 SE but latterly it had Windows XP Pro on it. This machine's original 128MB RAM has been upgraded to 256MB. Its original 12GB hard disk started to fail, having sectors that cannot read, so it has been replaced with an 80GB disk.

The PCG-Z600NE would boot from the Ubuntu 7.04 CD in the Sony PCGA-CD51/A CD-ROM but once Linux had booted it locked up.

Linux was hanging at attempting ACPI stuff, I discovered this by removing "quiet splash " from the F6 Boot prompt, so I replaced that with "acpi=off" and Linux booted but dropped me into a shell rather than running the install.

Linux was not finding the PCMCIA PC Card CD-ROM, /dev/cdrom did not exist, nore did /dev/hdc. Adding ide2=0x180,0x386 did not make the CD work.

After much head scratching I copied the contents of the CD onto a 2GB USB flash disk, booted from the CD and at the F6 Boot prompt I entered removed the "quiet splash " parameters and added "acpi=off INSTALL_MEDIA_DEV=/dev/sda1".

The install, although rather slow off the USB flash disk, went smoothly.

At the next boot I had to edit the grub configuration to add "acpi=off", and when the laptop booted I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst to include that option.

Everything appears to be working, including the screen, sound, PCMCIA PC Card (it finds the Sony PCGA-CD51/A CD-ROM and a Buffalo 802.11B WiFi card), ALPS glide pad, USB. Not tried firewire or Memory Stick yet. There does seem to be an issue with it not turning the laptop off when I shutdown.

Later I installed the following:

$ sudo apt-get install vlc
$ sudo apt-get install eclipse
$ sudo apt-get install autofs
$ sudo apt-get install smbfs

Java

I'm new to the Ubuntu/Debian way of installing and having alternative packages. I want to use Sun's Java, so:

$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)

---

The Sony PCG-Z600NE is a Pentium III 500MHz laptop, originally bought with Windows 98 SE but latterly it had Windows XP Pro on it. This machine's original 128MB RAM has been upgraded to 256MB. Its original 12GB hard disk started to fail, having sectors that cannot read, so it has been replaced with an 80GB disk. The PCG-Z600NE would boot from the Ubuntu 7.04 CD in the Sony PCGA-CD51/A CD-ROM but once Linux had booted it locked up. Linux was hanging at attempting ACPI stuff, I discovered this by removing "quiet splash --" from the F6 Boot prompt, so I replaced that with "acpi=off" and Linux booted but dropped me into a shell rather than running the install. Linux was not finding the PCMCIA PC Card CD-ROM, /dev/cdrom did not exist, nore did /dev/hdc. Adding ide2=0x180,0x386 did not make the CD work. After much head scratching I copied the contents of the CD onto a 2GB USB flash disk, booted from the CD and at the F6 Boot prompt I entered removed the "quiet splash --" parameters and added "acpi=off INSTALL_MEDIA_DEV=/dev/sda1". The install, although rather slow off the USB flash disk, went smoothly. At the next boot I had to edit the grub configuration to add "acpi=off", and when the laptop booted I edited /boot/grub/menu.lst to include that option. Everything appears to be working, including the screen, sound, PCMCIA PC Card (it finds the Sony PCGA-CD51/A CD-ROM and a Buffalo 802.11B WiFi card), ALPS glide pad, USB. Not tried firewire or Memory Stick yet. There does seem to be an issue with it not turning the laptop off when I shutdown. Later I installed the following: $ sudo apt-get install vlc $ sudo apt-get install eclipse $ sudo apt-get install autofs $ sudo apt-get install smbfs !!Java!! I'm new to the Ubuntu/Debian way of installing and having alternative packages. I want to use Sun's Java, so: $ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun $ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun $ java -version java version "1.6.0" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode, sharing)