by Ivan Skytte Jørgensen, March 2012
Major features:
Manufacturer link: LIFEBOOK E751
The laptop came with Windows 7 Professional installed. I didn't scratch that completely but instead used the windows partition manager to shrink the Windows partition, leaving 49GB for linux. The SSD also had 3 windows restore partitions, which I left alone
isjsys4:~ # fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 128.0 GB, 128035676160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15566 cylinders, total 250069680 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x80794b31 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 4306943 2152448 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE /dev/sda2 * 4308992 250066943 122878976 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 4311040 110131199 52910080 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda6 211150848 221390847 5120000 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE /dev/sda7 221394944 250066943 14336000 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE /dev/sda8 110133248 110446591 156672 83 Linux (/boot) /dev/sda9 110448640 131411967 10481664 83 Linux (/) /dev/sda10 131414016 135604223 2095104 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda11 135606272 211142655 37768192 83 Linux (/home)
I don't know if I selected something different for the GRUB install, but I ended up with being unable to boot windows. After a bit of fiddling with /boot/grub/menu.lst this worked:
title Windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0)
chainloader (hd0,7)/backup_mbr
I used the default settings for the OpenSuSE install, except adding some extra packages. Essential devices worked immediately
isjsys4:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 42 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz stepping : 7 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 3072 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips : 4988.63 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management:
(repeated 4 times - one for each HT processor)
isjsys4:~ # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b4) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04) 0a:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 (rev 34) 0b:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01) 0b:00.1 SD Host controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5116 PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
isjsys4:~ # lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f2:b240 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd Bus 002 Device 003: ID 08ff:2683 AuthenTec, Inc. Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0b97:7761 O2 Micro, Inc. Oz776 1.1 Hub Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0489:e031 Foxconn / Hon Hai Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1199:9011 Sierra Wireless, Inc. Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0b97:7772 O2 Micro, Inc. OZ776 CCID Smartcard Reader
Tested/Works:
Unresolved:
Not tested yet:
All in all, I'm pretty happy with the laptop.
Note: The SSD (Micron C400) is subject to the same firmware bug as the Crucial m4 where it misbehaves after 5184 hours. The firmware revision on my SSD was 0003 for which you cannot find an upgrade on Micron's website. You have to find it on Fujitsu's site (requires windows and original MBR for installation). Search for "C400 firmware".