Linux in Gateway MT6831 Notebook
I had Vista home premium in my new notebook. It consist of 2 partitions- c: drive(containing OS files +all space(120GB)) and D: drive(consist of recovery file (10GB)) and rest 10 GB lost. I think Microsoft stole it from my NoteBook.
But I love Linux. And can’t live without hacking (did I say cracking?? Nop!!! ).
After failing to obtain info or guide to install Linux in Gateway Notebook, I myself was compelled to give it a try. This was my first attempt and it was a success. In the web i found some installation tips for generic laptop with XP in it. Then i started.
As written there: use any linux live cd) and use partition manager tool as gparted to srink the first partition and allocate whatever space u require for Linux. Then install linux to it. It was mentioned that recovery if done will erase the newly made partition. So we had to do it for risk. I wonder why NoteBook companies love Bill’s asshole(windows).
Success Story
So here is how I Installed:
Booted my Gateway notebook with ubuntu Feisty CD. [success]
Used the partition manager that came with Ubuntu to srink NTFS drive.
(Vista only can survive in NTFS drive) [Failed]
So aborted. Which let the partition gets corrupted. So the vista recovery got executed at reboot which brought the system to previous stage. Bill’s Vista was running as before. Then I went to Vista’s disk management app. There was new feature(Not use to be in XP). Srink partition tool. Right clicked the partition and execute it. It ask for size to srink. But In my case it never srinked above 20GB at once. So I did 20, 20, 10, 10, 10. which made 70 GB free space unallocated. Out of which I made 2 FAT32 partition for music(20GB) and Backup(30GB). 20 For various Linux Partitions(/BOOT, /HOME, swap & /).
Then I booted system with same Live Ubuntu Fesity CD. And installed it. [Success]
Some outbounds:
1. Touchpad behaves naughty in regions just close to scroll area.
2. Still to discover………………………
Hope it helps the newbies. Hack ur notebook. Everything is not internet and in internet.
Happy Hack
