VAIO VGN-NW21EF

[nmarques]

Hi all,

 

I've been around the POSIX scene for almost 14 years, worked in the past with a whole lot of POSIX compliant systems from HP/UX, Slowlaris, Linux and *BSD, also some AIX in the middle.

 

I've tried boot-132, but it doesnt work, so I went to take a peak in the commercial stuff available, REBEL EFI which is shutdown at the moment, but the boot CD is still working to perform the install.

 

Install went great untill the last step where it tries to reboot the system. EPIC fail, though, booting in safe mode through Rebel EFI is still possible and the system is working ok.

 

I would suppose that at this stage I would need to boot into safe mode and either install a new kernel or the modules that support my current hardware, this is where I actually need help. Replacing a normal Linux kernel or BSD is cake, does it work in the same was for Mac?

 

Should I be working with vanilla kernel or is there another kernel hack worth compiling to replace the vanilla one?

 

In addition I will also leave a list of my VAIO's hardware to check if someone has successfully installed it. I'm using Snow Leopard Retail DVD for install.

 

 

VAIO VGN-NW21EF - Hardware

 

CPU

Intel Dual-Core T4300 @ 2.10 Ghz

 

RAM

SDRAM DDR2 (2 x 2 GB) / 800Mhz

 

Graphic Chipset

ATI Mobility™ Radeon® HD 4570 - 512Mb Dedicated GDDR3

 

USB Host Controller

Intel ICH9

 

Network Adapters

Atheros AR928X WLAN Adapter

Marvell Yukon 88E8057 Ethernet Adaptor

 

Firewire

Ricoh 1394 OHCI

 

SATA Controller

Intel ICH9M E/M SATA Controller

 

 

Vaio NW21EF SpecSheet: http://www.sony.pt/product/vn-nw-series/vgn-nw21ef-s

 

 

Considering this hardware, can anyone provide me the name of the kernel modules required for this hardware? and if possible a brief description or link to documentation regarding the instalation of this kernel modules. I don't mind compiling them myself.

 

 

Finally, since I have the system installed and bootable in safe mode, would it be wise to install Chameleon boot loader once the kernel modules for my system devices are present or keep booting with Rebel EFI or some other method?

 

Thanks in advance,

NM

[lecanar]

Hi,

 

I've got exactly the same laptop as you do.

 

Thus I wondered how things were for you since your message.

 

Did you find a solution? Did you gave up?

I hope so

And if you managed to do it, could you give me informations about how you installed Leopard correctly.

 

Thx