[Novalug] 1997 bios

[David Mallwitz]

I'd be surprised if they DID have a way to update the BIOS. I had a Sony 
VAIO of that era, and not only did they not have updates they had 
limited the BIOS to recognize an upper limit of ~192 mem of memory. It 
was a shame, too, as that was a very nice machine.

Cliff, have you tried any other distros? I had Gentoo running on the 
laptop I mentioned, and later, Slackware.

-Dsve


Palmer wrote:
> Anthony, I'd be surprised if Sony didn't have a way to flash the BIOS to
> something a little more current.  Have you checked Google and Sony's
> support site?
> 
> Cliff
> 
>> I am trying to install xubuntu on an old PII sony Vios pc, it has a
>> pII 233Mhz processor and 128MB of ram, It took me 6 hours of going
>> through junk parts to get it a 14 GB drive and 128 MB ram that it
>> would actually recognize.  It has another drive with win95 and lots of
>> fancy video card/ tv tuner stuff that was snazzy in the back when and
>> I know I will probably not find half the drivers It needs.When I boot
>> from the xubuntu cd, it looks like it's going to install, then it says
>> something about Bios failed APCM check, bios 1997: cutoff 2000 then it
>> continues but comes up to a command prompt that says (initramfs) in a
>> busybox shell.  Is this a deal breaker?  can I proceed with the
>> install in the shell?   What commands do I need?   is (inintramfs) the
>> suggestion of the default command to run? like initialize ram
>> filesystem?
>>
>> I am trying to make this thing usable so my neighbors Burmese foster
>> child can use it for Rosetta Stone language lessons online.   Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Anthony Soucek
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