LINUX AND THE SONY VAIO PCG-GR300 SERIES

Sony Vaio PCG-GR300 Series Notebook Table of Contents
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1.0.0: Introduction

2.0.0: The Vaio GR300 Series
   2.1.0: System Specifications
      2.1.1 - Vaio PCG-GR370
      2.1.2 - Vaio PCG-GR390
   2.2.0: Hardware Map
   2.3.0: Comments
      2.3.1 - BIOS
      2.3.2 - Memory
      2.3.3 - Display
      2.3.4 - Pointing Device
      2.3.5 - Power Management
      2.3.6 - Other
   2.4.0: Caveats
      2.4.1 - What do you have?
      2.4.2 - System Recovery Tool
      2.4.3 - Bootable CD-R's
   2.5.0: Windows Topics
      2.5.1 - Minimum effort
      2.5.2 - Herculean effort
      2.5.3 - Personal experience

3.0.0: Linux Installation Basics
   3.1.0: Allocating Time
   3.2.0: Distribution Choices
      3.2.1 - What is a distribution?
      3.2.2 - Picking a distribution
      3.2.3 - SuSE Linux
      3.2.4 - RedHat Linux
      3.2.5 - Mandrake Linux
      3.2.6 - For experts & beyond
   3.3.0: Installation Methods
      3.3.1 - Full defenestration
      3.3.2 - Semi-defenestration
      3.3.3 - Proxied defenestration
      3.3.4 - Defenestration free
3.0.0: Linux Installation Basics (cont.)
   3.4.0: Partition Basics
      3.4.1 - Windows Partitions
      3.4.2 - Linux Partitions
      3.4.3 - PartitionMagic
   3.5.0: Performance Basics
      3.5.1 - Optimize the BIOS
      3.5.2 - Disks and Partitions
      3.5.3 - Optimize Partitions
      3.5.4 - Filesystem selectiom
      3.5.5 - Partition sizes

4.0.0: Installing SuSE Linux
      4.0.1 - Process summary
      4.0.2 - Initial preparations
      4.0.3 - Caveats & cautions
      4.0.4 - Making room for Linux
      4.0.5 - Configuring the BIOS
   4.1.0: Booting the Installer
      4.1.1 - Booting from floppy
      4.1.2 - Booting from CD/DVD
      4.1.3 - Initial Steps
   4.2.0: Adding Kernel Modules
      4.2.1 - PCMCIA Interface
      4.2.2 - Universal System Bus
      4.2.3 - IEEE-1394
      4.2.4 - Network interface
      4.2.5 - IDE, RAID and SCSI
      4.2.6 - External CD-ROM
      4.2.7 - Filesystem modules
      4.2.8 - Moving on
   4.3.0: The YaST2 Installer
      4.3.1 - YaST an FYI,...
      4.3.2 - ...a description,...
      4.3.3 - ...and a heads up
   4.4.0: Language Selection
4.0.0: Installing SuSE Linux (cont.)
   4.5.0: Installation Settings
      4.5.1 - Mode
      4.5.2 - Keyboard Layout
      4.5.3 - Mouse
      4.5.4 - Partitioning
      4.5.5 - Software
      4.5.6 - Booting
      4.5.7 - Time Zone
      4.5.8 - Language
   4.6.0: Perform Installation
   4.7.0: The First Boot
      4.7.1 - Passwords
      4.7.2 - Network Configuration
      4.7.3 - Authentication
      4.7.4 - Add Local User
      4.7.5 - A Commercial break
      4.7.6 - Audio, Video & Printer
   4.8.0: Handing over the Reins
      4.8.1 - Critical: Enabling ACPI
      4.8.2 - Configure the modem
      4.8.3 - Dial-up networking
      4.8.4 - Finishing up
   4.9.0: Final Musings
      4.9.1 - Easter Eggs
      4.9.2 - Keeping current
      4.9.3 - Vaio-ware

5.0.0: Appendices
   5.1.0: Screen shots
   5.2.0: Resources
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