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Jan Seeger wrote: |
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> Hey list, |
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> I have just received my new notebook, a Dell Latitude E6400. Of course, |
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> I now want to install linux on it. The problem is that the Gentoo |
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> minimal install cd recognizes neither the ethernet nor the wireless cards. |
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> Is the network card in this laptop (an Intel 82567LM Gigabit network |
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> controller) supported in the newest linux kernel or will I have to wait? |
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> If it is supported, how would I go about booting with a newer kernel? |
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FWIW, I use the same "box" on my desktop and notebook. |
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So I'd tweak the desktop kernel to include drivers and support |
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appropriate for the laptop and recompile it; I'd install the necessary |
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laptop stuff (e.g. special drivers, kismet, wpa_supplicant, etc.). |
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Once you have that done, back up your brand new notebook; load up a |
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"live" cd; use parted/gparted/qparted to resize the NTFS partition to an |
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appropriate size; create some partitions for linux use; use NFS to copy |
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your desktop OS to the LT; chroot into the notebook root partition and |
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re-run lilo/grub after tweaking lilo.conf, xorg.conf, fstab, net, and |
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perhaps syslog.conf; create a multi-boot option within the windows boot |
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loader to jump to your linux boot partition. |
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There are some real cons to this approach, but some real advantages as well: |
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1. you maintain only one OS, and copy it. |
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2. you have a second box "ready to go" if your primary breaks. |
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3. Why tear up a little laptop with the machinations necessary to |
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maintain a gentoo box? |
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HTH |
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