[ubuntu-za] Vodafone webbook

[Quintin van Rooyen]

Hi Andy.

On 29 July 2012 17:23, Andy Rabagliati <andyr at wizzy.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
>   I have a Vodafone webbook that I bought off a dissatisfied user, and
>   am looking to upgrade it.
>
> If you DO decide to play around, a good idea would be to make a clone
image of the current setup to another disk - Clonezilla or DD would do just
fine. That way you can play around, break things, and if you are eventually
unsuccessful you can rewrite the clone to the original disk and still have
a working install.


>   Specs :-
>
>   * ARMv7 processor revision 5 (800 Mhz ?)
>   * 512M RAM
>   * 4 Gig flash onboard
>   * Wireless, camera, 2x USB
>   * Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) installed.
>
>   "arch" says armv7l (I think that is an "ell")
>   The kernel is tagged "armel".
>
>   Repositories point to
>   * http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ lucid
>   * http://charlotte.archive.canonical.com/ lucid-charlotte public
>
>   There is a switch behind that battery that changes the boot behaviour,
>   and it looks for a CDROM for install media.
>
>   The 'net says that the ARMv7 can handle armhf (hard float) as well as the
>   soft-float armel - but I am more concerned to get it up to 12.04.
>
>   ports.ubuntu.com seems to go up to precise, but the "armel" kernel seems
>   to come from lucid-charlotte - which does not appear to have an upgrade
> candidate.
>
>   Any suggestions as to what I should try to get 12.04 ?
>   Or am I going to regret any upgrade ?
>
> Cheers,    Andy!
>
> --
> ubuntu-za mailing list
> ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-za
>



-- 
Quintin van Rooyen
quintin.vanrooyen at gmail.com
The New SA Geek!
http://g33q.co.za
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-za/attachments/20120729/1e1cb0b1/attachment.html>