Sony Vaio - Kernel Panics after install

[Wade Smart]

07012006 0729 GMT-6

I remember last year there being something in a linux forum about Sony
does soemthing to their harddrives that makes it difficult to install
linux correctly. 

Wade

On Sat, 2006-07-01 at 13:28 +0100, Martin OConnor wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> I have tried everything to get dapper to run on my sony vaio in the
> hopes of being able to ditch XP.
> 
> First, the live CD won't boot at all unless I specify "irqpoll" as a
> boot parameter. Even then, although the installer can repartition
> successfully, the actual install stops around 15%. Inspection of the
> dmesg logs reveals that the sata drive becomes 'confused'.
> 
> I can install successfully from the alternate install cd, but once I
> reboot, the kernel panics. I can sometimes get right into gnome before
> it happens, but as soon as I do something that requires disk access, the
> kernel is likely to panic.
> 
> I have tried to update the kernel to the latest linux-686 kernel but the
> problems remain. I have tried booting with a Breezy live cd and it seems
> to work without problems, although less hardware is supported out of the
> box on Breezy.
> 
> Any help with this would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin OConnor
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