Installing Debian GNU/Linux on Sony Vaio SRX87
Because the DVD-ROM drive supplied with the SRX87 is Firewire, and is not supported by the standard Debian boot images, you’ll need to use network booting (using PXE) to get it going. This page has some instructions for installing Debian in this manner.
I’ve expanded on those instructions here.
- Installing XFree86 (13 Jan 2003 15:44)
- Upgrading to a 2.4 kernel and ext3 (13 Jan 2003 15:44)
- Miscellaneous (13 Jan 2003 16:03)
- Vaio: ACPI patches (13 Jan 2003 16:03)
- Built-in Wireless (14 Jan 2003 15:50)
- Intel i820 onboard soundcard (17 Jan 2003 14:39)
- Firewire DVD-ROM drive (4 Feb 2003 14:47)
- Installing Debian GNU/Linux (this post; 4 Feb 2003 15:10)
- Connecting an iPod (4 Feb 2003 15:10)
- Using make-kpkg to build a custom Linux kernel for your VAIO (4 Feb 2003 15:10)
Other Resources
- http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/~jhajagos/linux/SRX87/
- http://www.alphageeksinc.com/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?VaioSrX77
- Sony Programmable I/O Control Driver