Nicolas Alexander Scheibling <n.scheibling_at_gmx.ch> writes: > As it stands now, I would absolutely love installing some 10-CURRENT on > my newly acquired SONY VAIO ultrabook. AFAIK powered by Ivy Bridge ULV, > 1.9 - 2.3 GHz. It has an additional SATA 32 GB Samsung SSD and a > regular 500 GB HDD. It comes with Win 8, cannot stand the Metro. > (although Elan Touchscreen is nice). > > I installed world from my old-beater AMD box on a USB pen drive (i386). > Now it loads the kernel, but won't let me mount any root file systems. > Looks like the platter isn't detected at all. Is that a common problem > with Ivy Bridge systems? I have a Vaio Ultrabook with similar specs and am currently running 10-CURRENT on it. Please provide more details, such as what messages are you getting etc. Have you also tried a fresh install from a CD or USB stick? > Is it a deliberate chipset flaw by Intel as in *this low-end lappy is > not allowed to run anything else than WIN* or can I do something about > it? I wouldn't call an i7 low-end...Received on Tue May 14 2013 - 17:25:06 UTC
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