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Timothy A. Holmes <tholmes <at> mcaschool.net> writes: |
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> I am planning to begin a project to convert my laptop to a gentoo linux |
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> laptop. |
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Here's a random list of ideas that may ease the pain of conversion. |
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1. backup the existing system |
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2. Run lspci -vv, lshw, and discover to document the hardware |
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under ubuntu before beginnning the conversion. USBview can be valuable |
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is you have usb devices. |
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3. Save the.config file for building a kernel or the existing kernel |
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under ubuntu |
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4. Save the hdparm settings on the existing drive, as well as the /etc/fstab |
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and xorg or xfree configuration files. In fact a second backup of /etc/ |
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and any other valuable config files is a good idea. |
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5. Boot the laptop with the most recent liveCD (gentoo) and see what works and |
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what does not work. |
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6. Research all hardware device driver issues before making the commitment. |
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7. Save a 'dmesg' log file. |
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hth, |
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James |
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