So here's to my new Compaq 6710b: Dual Core with Virtualisation Extensions , 2GB , Total of 320 GB Harddisk, Firewire, USB, UMTS Bluetooth, you name it and we've got at least two of it ...
But then...how to migrate my good old, far-travelled Fujitsu Slab with a well grooved-in Gutsy, that served me so well.
I decided to not discard the Vista Business Edition that we paid for. Only the latest Version of the GParted Live CD was able to resize Vista flawlessly.
Then I partitioned the rest with LVM using OpenSUSE 10.2 (menu driven!),installed minimal, booted to a rescue system, did an "rm -r /mnt" (Oh boy, this I always wanted to do!) and rsynced Gutsy from my old notebook, edit fstab, menu.lst, install bootsector, reboot: Done ! Everything still works, down to browser cache and special routes, great...EXCEPT: WPA encrypted wireless traffic. After spending a day on that, I got 2.4.24.3, compiled with "make oldconfig" and voila: Wireless ok, now the sound is dead...new kernel had compiled every sound module, except the one I needed. Rev up the compilers again, compile the module: Now it's complete done.
There's been quite some renaming in Intel Notebook kernel modules, it seems that's the background of all that.
Anyways, my new notebook is great. :-)
Remember: A fool with a tool is still a fool!
