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 little for the right boot options). The only issue is you will have to move the contents of /mnt/target/root in this case to /mnt/target after this is done, as there’s an issue with dotfiles being copied in the root directory of the source.
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dell, laptop, linux, m1530, ssd, ubuntu
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:
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apple, dell, kalyway, leopard, m1530, mac, osx, osx86
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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dell, laptop, notebook, ubuntu, video
