====== acer_5735z ======

In march 2009, when my previous [[medion_9706| medion 9706]] was robbed, I decide to buy a new laptop.
After some search, I finally buy an acer 5735z : 

  * cheap, 
  * powerful
  * a big keyboard, with a real numeric section,, nice to develop
  * a big screen

===== Overview of the acer 5735z =====


  * Processeur : Processeur Intel Pentium Dual-Core T3200 (2,0 GHz)
  * Cache L2   : 1 Mo
  * hard disk  : 160 Go ATA
  * ram        :  3072 Mo DDR2 667 MHz extensible à 4096 Mo
  * screen : 	 15,6'' WXGA (HD) TFT CrystalBrite 2, 1366 x 768 pixels
  * graphic card : Chipset Intel GMA X4500 1759 Mo TGM
  * dvd        : DVD Dual Double Couche
  * Modem      : 56K
  * Network    : Gigabit Ethernet
  * wifi       : WLAN 802.11b/g/Draft-N
  * operating system : Microsoft Windows Vista Edition Familiale Premium :-(
  * battery    : Li-Ion 6 cellules
  * size       : 383 x 250 x 15 - 37 mm
  * weight     :  2,7 Kg 

===== cleaning =====

windows is installed on all disk, so the fisrt task is to make space for linux 

  * remove all un-nedeed microsoft softwares, and estimate vista disk size needs : I will keep it 60 Go
  * resize the windows partition with the windows tool (you will have problems if you use tools such gparted on vista)
  * install [[http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 | easyBCD]]

===== linux install =====

  * now install linux (ubuntu ) from cd : just write boot loader on begin of partition, not on MBR !
  * reboot on windows, and configure  easyBCD

I want to install several linux, so I use 20 Go for each linux, 20 Go for shared data, 20 Go for backup

==== ubuntu ====

no problem to install ubuntu 9.04

==== fedora ====

no problem to install fedora 11

==== mandriva ====

no problem to install mandriva 2009.1 (but 2009.0 did not recognize well the display)

==== debian ====

no problem to install debian stable (lenny)

==== freebsd ====

I can install freebsd 7.2, but the network chipset was not recognized. So I install it as an [[http://www.virtualbox.org | virtualbox]] guest.

 --- //[[eric.gerbier@free.fr|eric gerbier]] 2009/10/12 13:53//

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