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This page describes installing Fedora 13 (with some applications) as a second operating system in HP Pavilion dv6-1245dx.

http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~stjepan

I recently got the opportunity to test installations of

- Fedora 13,
- openSUSE 11.3 (RC2), and
- Ubuntu 10.04

on an HP Pavillion dv6-2190us Entertainment Notebook PC. A brief summary of some hardware specifications follows:

- BIOS : F.17
- CPU : Intel Core i7-720QM processor 1.60GHz with Turbo Boost Technology
- RAM : 4GB DDR3 System Memory
- Video : Nvidia GeForce GT 230M
- Network : Realtek RTL8111/8168B
- Wireless : Broadcom 4347

Overall, the laptop was easy to install and use with these Linux distributions.

I recently got a USB 3.0 equipped Envy 15 laptop with Core i7 processor and installed 64-bit version of Ubuntu Lucid on it. My experience installing and running Ubuntu Lucid on Envy 15 was good for the most part. Hardware specs for the laptop are below:

• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz
• 4 GB RAM
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Graphics
• NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller
• BIOS ver: F.28

I installed Debian Squeeze on a USB 3.0 equipped Envy 15 laptop with Core i7 processor. This blog details my experience installing and running Debian Squeeze. Keep in mind Debian Squeeze is not released yet and is still changing at a good pace (I tried installing Debian Lenny just for the sake of it and graphic install fails to display anything on the screen. When I pressed ESC, it drops to text mode install but install kernel either panics or hangs. I did not spend much time on it). Hardware specs for the laptop are:

• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz
• 4 GB RAM
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Graphics
• NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller
• BIOS ver: F.28

We are expiriencing problems in configuring of cacheratio param on HP
Smart Array P410. Battery installed. Lates firmware installed.
We are using hpacucli (hpacucli_8.35-7.0.3-5_amd64.deb) on Ubuntu 9.10


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Smart Array P410 in Slot 4
Bus Interface: PCI
Slot: 4
Serial Number: PACCR9SYN3PL
Cache Serial Number: PACCQ9SY952F
RAID 6 (ADG) Status: Disabled
Controller Status: OK
Chassis Slot:
Hardware Revision: Rev C
Firmware Version: 3.30
Rebuild Priority: Medium
Expand Priority: Medium
Surface Scan Delay: 15 secs
Queue Depth: Automatic
Monitor and Performance Delay: 60 min
Elevator Sort: Enabled
Degraded Performance Optimization: Disabled
Inconsistency Repair Policy: Disabled
Wait for Cache Room: Disabled
Surface Analysis Inconsistency Notification: Disabled
Post Prompt Timeout: 0 secs
Cache Board Present: True
Cache Status: Not Configured

I recently installed Fedora 13 on a USB 3.0 equipped Envy 15 laptop with Core i7 processor. First the hardware specs:

• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz
• 4 GB RAM
• ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830 Graphics
• NEC uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller
• BIOS ver: F.28