Linux

HP Compaq 8510p hardware list in linux

You can use lspci -n to analyce what hardware is on your system. My new laptop a HP Compaq 8510p gives the following output: 00:00.0 0600: 8086:2a00 (rev 0c) 00:01.0 0604: 8086:2a01 (rev 0c) 00:03.0 0780: 8086:2a04 (rev 0c) 00:03.2 0101: 8086:2a06 (rev 0c) 00:03.3 0700: 8086:2a07 (rev 0c) 00:19.0 0200: 8086:1049 (rev 03) 00:1a.0 […]

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Linux

Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Beta on HP Compaq 8510p (laptop)

I experienced problems booting the install-CD for both Ubuntu 7.04 and Fedora Core 7 on my HP Compaq 8510p laptop because the kernel didn’t have the correct SATA driver, so I decided to try the beta of Ubuntu 7.10. The booting problem was fixed on 7.10 Beta and the installation process halted at 88% “importing […]

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