Hi Edi,

I got my VAIO back (it was sent to USA, for fix).

I installed Linux according to details in your page, thanks again.

I had problems with the hibernation.

I got the machine without hda4 partition, instead I got it with a save2dsk.bin
file in the hda1 partition. When I resized the partition using fips, I moved
the file and the hibernation didn't work any more. I had to create a new partition
hda4. I found the PhDisk utility in the C:\sonysys\versat~1\img\spt directory.
This utility is the tool to create a new hibernation directory, made by
Phoenix.com with specific commands for Sony, I couldn't find "man page".

PhDisk
 /info                         details about the needs of the system.
 /ramNNN                       amount of ram to set in the new partition.
 /reformat /partition          DANGEROUS, reformat the second partition
 /create /partition            DANGEROUS, create new partition.
 /create /file                 (didn't work for me) create a hibernation file.
 /noreboot                     dont reboot after creation of the new partition.

Notes:
 * PhDisk /reformat /partition  - did destroy my Linux native partition
:-(
                               It doen't check the partition type to be A0.

The recommended procedures as I see them, NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND):

 * backup all data.
 * run fips (after all the regular preparations)
 * create with linux fdisk a linux native partition (it might change the CHS
   reported from the disk, especially with 8.1G HD)
 * delete the newly created partition.
 * run the PhDisk
   PhDisk /create /partition /ram64
   replace the 64 with the expected size of run on your system.
 * DOS fdisk will show two partitions (1,2) although they are /dev/hda1 /dev/hda4.
 * Using the Linux fdisk, create /dev/hda2 as linux native and /dev/hda3 as swap.
 * Restart the computer and continue with installation procedures.

The system works fine with hibernation in text and X modes.

The above information might help peoples with the same problem.

Regards

Erez