Today, I finally set up my new OCZ SSD hard drive: All I had to do to convert my M1530 running Ubuntu over was use the cp command: mkdir /mnt/root && mount root_partition /mnt/root mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/target cp -a /mnt/root/ /mnt/target/ You might also have to repeat for other partitions like boot and home. cp -a is awesome. It does exactly what you need for this process. Now my computer runs perfectly (other than me having to tweak grub a [...]
Somehow, I managed to get Leopard installed and running on my Dell M1530 using the Kalyway disc. It barely works. Here is a list of deficiencies: No Wireless (Intel 3945) No Ethernet (Marvell Yukon 88E8) No Sound And here are some things that seem to work: Bluetooth Firewire Nvidia Graphics using NVInstaller .41 @ 1680×1050 Here are some nice pictures:
I got my new laptop today!! It’s awesome – I installed Ubuntu very easily on it, and Beryl using a second monitor on the HDMI port even works without much tweaking (just enabling TwinView with the restricted nVidia driver): I made an Ubuntu Wiki Page on the matter. All the information about what works and doesn’t is on there.
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