From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IBdvb-0005zq-BK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:52:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6JLpJxr014277; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:51:19 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6JLjHSX005591 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:18 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA81965948 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.058 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.058 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.059, BAYES_50=0.001] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id O0rc8b0AbjtK for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D3296501F for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IBdo5-0002Nu-Hy for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:45:09 +0200 Received: from buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:45:09 +0200 Received: from wireless by buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:45:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Sony Viao Vista and Gentoo Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:45:00 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1184871678.18550.73.camel@blackwidow.nbk> <200707192129.15142.f.philipp@addcom.de> <1184876600.18550.94.camel@blackwidow.nbk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070601 SeaMonkey/1.1.2) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 4605f455-3df2-4446-99e6-6c6856942272 X-Archives-Hash: 45022fb539f51d16392df9bb83439fa1 Albert Hopkins gentoo.org> writes: > I've been using RIPLinux for 3 years and haven't had any issues with it. Ok Albert, I'm convinced. I'm going to give your suggestions a whirl. One cautious step I'm adding as suggested, is to back up the virgin drive with DD. I'm looking for a cable so that I can copy the sony drive onto a gentoo partition of another system via a usb 2.0 to ata/eide cable. It was suggested this cable: ttp://tinyurl.com/ynhszy But being in Florida and only being able to use the company credit card over the phone, does anyone know of another cable I can purchase to back up the laptop's drive? HOwfully a vendor that takes visa over the phone.... James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list