<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont"><font face="Play">Thanks! I did as you suggested and tried the DragonFly 3.8 IMG on the notebook today. Worked like a charm. Always believed that a little courage goes a long way. So, rather than beat around the bush much longer, I ventured the install. At first, I got a lot of AHCI timeout errors, but they seemed to resolve on their own. </font></div><div id="bloop_customfont"><font face="Play"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont"><font face="Play">Eventually, though, I landed at the install menu (hallelujah!) and went all in. The installation seemed to be going well, if a bit slowly, until it bailed with a kernel dump. If I weren’t such a proponent—indeed, an exponent—of DragonFly, the whole affair would’ve been tragic. I’d rather that DragonFly were an owner (rather than renter) on this notebook, but it’ll do while I study for my cert.</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont"><font face="Play"><br></font></div><div id="bloop_customfont"><font face="Play">Thanks, again.</font></div><div id="bloop_customfont"><font face="Play">Alex</font></div> <div id="bloop_sign_1402184469052185088" class="bloop_sign"></div> <br><p style="color:#000;">On 20140606 at 22:51:45, Justin Sherrill (<a href="mailto:justin@shiningsilence.com">justin@shiningsilence.com</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" class="clean_bq"><span><div><div></div><div>I've installed to a VAIO with success, but I'm sure it was an older
<br>model than what you have. The best way to find out is to try; the
<br>install ISO and IMG files are live, meaning that you can find out if
<br>DragonFly works with it just by booting the image and logging in as
<br>root - it will leave your disk untouched unless you run the installer.
<br>
<br>On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Alex Blake <ablake1@acm.org> wrote:
<br>> Hello,
<br>>
<br>> Has anyone been able to install DragonFly on a Sony VAIO notebook? I lucked
<br>> into the notebook (yay!) from my older brother who installed *unnamed*
<br>> Linux, he said, by disabling native command queuing for the SSD. Is there a
<br>> way, maybe, to do the same thing with DragonFly's installer? The latest
<br>> (3.8) installer is the first to even recognize the SSD and I was hoping to
<br>> make a go of it this time.
<br>>
<br>> Thanks,
<br>> Alex
<br>>
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