I actually have a Z505HS also. I just put xubuntu 6.06 LTS on it. Seems to work great outta da box, too. I just don't remember having to make any tweaks...
... I did not respond to your original post as I do not have the same hardware as you. I did have a similar problem with my 505G and the PCGA-CD5 CD-ROM...
I have a R505DL that is acting up. The hard drive spins long enough to try to find the Windows XP Home it was installed with (say 5 seconds) and then never...
Sad thing about Windows XP, if you install it on a hard drive on a computer that has different components (motherboard, CPU, etc.) it will not usually start on...
Sad thing about Sony Vaio's ... they don't let anyone else's CD- ROM's work as a boot device. I did mention in my note that mine in the docking station stopped...
Dan, It looks like you are out of luck. I search for about 15 minutes for a CD or DVD drive for an R505DL and came up with nothing. No retail and no eBay hits....
Hi Dan, Pls do the followings, and I think you will be able to make it work. Put the hdd back to your VAIO. Remove all the partitions, and re-create them as...
Great idea! I had overlooked that. One extra note - when you format the hard drive make sure you transfer the system so it will boot to a DOS prompt when you...
Mal ... I will post my results ... BTW, my plan is to do a from-scratch install of Windows XP Home. I have the CDs from another system I have and I can use the...
Hi Dan, You may not be able to load WinXP if you change the " KEY " as you have mentioned here, b'coz each copy of WinXP has the key already coded in to that...
Aditya ... Thank you for your insight ... I wish I had read your earlier reply before I opened up my docking station ... The floppy used to work, but it...
Dan, There are several things you can try to get Windows on the Vaio drive. The following must be true to do it. 1. You must have a DOS boot disk (to create...
I have a N505(J) Celeron 300MHz, 128Mb memo, running W2K with a dead battery (AC only). It has a 10Gb HD. It very, very often shuts-down after approximately...
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-R505EL, which has heretofore resisted efforts to install Linux on in a dual-boot configuration. This is the 1.1Ghz Piii, with 384Mb...
... .........snipped ..... ... If your hardware is older and less powerful try Xubuntu which is pretty much the same but uses the www.xfce.org desktop...
If you stll have the old hard drive, you may be able to Ghost the old drive to the new drive. It's been a while since I've done this so its posible you can...
I've tried to install Xubuntu as mentioned and have been unsuccessful. Tried installing from iso file provided and booting from cdrom via pcmcia. Any ideas? ...
... pcmcia. That does not give us much to work with. If you want help you have to provide a lot more information: Could you boot off the CD-ROM? If not can...
Louis, I have a the R505EL - it has 512 MB RAM and a docking station with CD drive that works. I booted directly without problem from the Ubuntu Linux version...
Thanks to some of the posts, and links found in this group, I have successfully upgraded my z505hs to 512mg ram and 40gig hard drive. The hard drive was a used...
That's how I did it with mine, via the desktop icon for "install". The first time it hung on some part of the process, but the second time went flawlessly. I...
I don't know if anyone has replied to this, but before you look for overheating as the problem, try different RAM. Often RAM can be a cause of erratic...
I prefer using the "Alternate" CD-ROM for Xubuntu, because they have a text-based installer which gives me few, if any, problems when I install it. If there...
Hi ZB Yes apologies for not providing more info, details as follows: I've confirmed that the CD is OK as I have been able to boot off another system. Sony...
Louis, It sounds very much like Linux doesn't have suitable PCMCIA drivers so that it can access the CD-ROM even though the BIOS supports it. I experienced...
Hi, OK, I think we can make some progress. ... That is very similar to what I have (505G, 200MMX CPU, 96Mb RAM) It runs DSL very nicely and I had similar...
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