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Disk space requirements?

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by evy » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:03 pm

Hi!

I'm thinking of bying a IBM THINKPAD T42 PM 1.6 512/40 DVD/CDW WLAN 14 . Will I be abel to have both Windows and Linux on this one?

Also, how...

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Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:38 am
newbie linux - keytab problem

Last post by khair « Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:26 pm
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by khair » Sat Oct 30, 2004 9:31 am

i just installed Suse 8.2 Pro on an thinkpad R50. Everything was great
except my modem and the keyboard mapping.
1. What the correct keytable for...

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Last post by khair
Sat Oct 30, 2004 7:26 pm
Best strategy for dual install linux with Win'XP-Pro

Last post by Guest « Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:23 pm
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by Guest » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:12 pm

have a newbie question for you linux experts...

i'm thinking of dual installing Red Hat Linux onto thinkpad T42 with pre-loaded Win'XP.

so what is...

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Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:23 pm
Hard Drive Partitioning: Recomendations Please!

Last post by Guest « Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:19 pm
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by dd » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:57 pm

Hi

With 60 gig hard drive what would be suitable setup.

I will be dual booting XP and Linux. I guess I should have a FAT partition (FAT32?) so I...

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Thu Oct 28, 2004 11:19 pm
Where to download LINUX?

Last post by k3vb0t « Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:13 pm
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by najibs » Sun Sep 05, 2004 8:34 pm

I want to install and learn to use linux on my T40. What's the best version and maker of Linux and where do I download it? It's free, right?

Najib

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Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:13 pm
Filesystem unmount problem when shutting down

Last post by Little_buddha « Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:56 pm

by Little_buddha » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:56 pm

Hello,

I'm using a gentoo with my t42 and sometimes i have a problem when shutting down: just before the laptop power off, i get an error :...

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Last post by Little_buddha
Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:56 pm
Xandro

Last post by carbon_unit « Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:09 pm
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by allthewayaj » Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:09 am

People: I just recently bought Xandro off the net, but when I go to install it in my TP 600e, all it does is print number after number,,,, no...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:09 pm
ThinkWiki

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by jimg72 » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:01 am

Did a search, didn't see where anyone had posted a link to this great new thinkpad resource, ThinkWiki .

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Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:01 am
Infrared and Linux ..

Last post by debian1sy8 « Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:20 am

by debian1sy8 » Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:20 am

On the way to install a GNU/Linux (if not Debian, it woul be a light Ubuntu) on an old 365XD, I wanted to know if someone around here has already set...

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Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:20 am
How to catch fn+F3 in Debian ?

Last post by auth « Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:06 pm
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by dodik » Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:49 am

I'm actually turning off the backlight off the screen with radeontool using a script. The script is launched with the access ibm button, but I'd like...

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Last post by auth
Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:06 pm
LaCie USB Mobile Hard Drive on Linux

Last post by Guest « Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:14 pm
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by Guest » Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:47 pm

Hi

I consider to buy LaCie USB Mobile Hard Drive (60GB), however, I can not find
too much info how is this device compatible with different Linux...

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Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:14 pm
2373-1FU

Last post by level « Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:49 pm
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by bhuiyan » Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:41 am

Dear all,

Anyone know of any remaster of a known distro that just works (wireless and everything) on a entry model Thinkpad T41 Centrino laptop...

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Tue Oct 19, 2004 1:49 pm
T42, Slackware 10.0...Can anybody get WEP to work?

Last post by ohman « Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:55 pm
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by blackatom1 » Sat Oct 16, 2004 2:27 pm

After lots of searching i found a project for the T42's wireless card at sourceforge (see link below). The drivers work flawlessly, but i cannot get...

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Last post by ohman
Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:55 pm
Documentation for the active protection system ?

Last post by darkhelmet03 « Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:22 am
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by Guest » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:17 am

I want to write a linux driver the the harddisk active protection system, but I need access to the spesifications.

This post ( ) indicates that IBM...

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Last post by darkhelmet03
Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:22 am
Suspend/Resume Question

Last post by darkhelmet03 « Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:36 pm
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by Guest » Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:00 am

Hello all, this is my first post and I apologize if this topic is covered. I have an IBM T21 which I bought new a little over 3 years ago, after a...

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Last post by darkhelmet03
Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:36 pm
T40 cpu scaling in fc2

Last post by darkhelmet03 « Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:32 pm
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by wertwert » Fri Sep 24, 2004 12:21 am

I've modified my cpuspeed.conf file for it to reflect my cpu as a centrino, however gnome cpu scaling applet constantly shows my cpu speed as 600MHz...

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Last post by darkhelmet03
Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:32 pm
Extended Desktop to a second monitor

Last post by Guest « Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:29 pm
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by Guest » Fri Sep 24, 2004 2:37 pm

Is there a way to get the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor feature in Linux.

I have a IBM T40p running SuSE 9.1 Pro.

ATI Mobility Fire...

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Last post by Guest
Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:29 pm
battery indicator in gnome in fc2

Last post by Guest « Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:30 pm
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by Guest » Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:02 am

Can anyone guide me through activating this? I've tried googling for it and I've only come across the batt indicator for kde.

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Last post by Guest
Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:30 pm
T-23 backlight won't turn off?

Last post by bronson « Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:53 am

by bronson » Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:53 am

I've got a T-23 with the cruddy S3 Savage chipset. I've got DPMS enabled in my xorg.conf file, and I've played with all the BIOS settings I can think...

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Last post by bronson
Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:53 am
T22, Suse 9.1 personal, Infrared

Last post by Bob Collins « Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:12 pm
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by Bob Collins » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:50 pm

Does anybody have the irda port working with Suse 9.1 pro? I just installed this a couple of days ago and am trying to get it to work with my PalmV....

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Last post by Bob Collins
Tue Sep 14, 2004 12:12 pm
Bluetooth on X40

Last post by geertn « Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:18 am
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by geertn » Wed Jul 14, 2004 3:32 am

Hi all,

I have almost everything working as it should on the X40 with gentoo linux (2.6.7), I'm just struggling to get bluetooth working. I don't...

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Last post by geertn
Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:18 am
Installing Suse 9.1 on a brand new TP

Last post by leasure98 « Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:42 pm
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by psommerlad » Wed May 26, 2004 4:38 pm

Hi all,

I just want to give a word of caution when installing Suse 9.1 (or some other recent linux edition) on a brand new Thinkpad (I've got a R50...

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Last post by leasure98
Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:42 pm
SUSE 9.1 and T42 device drivers - help needed

Last post by Guest « Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:42 am
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by Guest » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:36 pm

Hi
I am installing SUSE 9.1 on T42 with ATI 9600 graphics card. SUSE identifies the graphics card as ATI RV350 NP and also no 3D acceleration is...

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Last post by Guest
Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:42 am
Turning off wireless

Last post by KillaByte « Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:22 pm

by KillaByte » Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:22 pm

Hi,

I just managed to get the ipw2100 centrino wireless of my T42p to work under linux. Now I want to know if there's a more convenient way to turn...

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Last post by KillaByte
Wed Sep 01, 2004 4:22 pm
sharing data between LINUX and windows on a dual boot ?

Last post by ohman « Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:01 pm
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by samba » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:22 am

How do I share data between LINUX and windows on my laptop. Well, data is any flat files etc.. I am using SUSE 9.1 and Windows XP.
1. Do I need to...

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Last post by ohman
Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:01 pm
Hibernate and suspend under Mandrake

Last post by Chun-Yu « Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:57 pm
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by jmargaglione » Thu Aug 26, 2004 2:03 pm

Anybody have either suspend or hibernate (suspend-to-disk) working on a T42? I've tried the latest kernels, but no matter what it doesn't work. I can...

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Last post by Chun-Yu
Fri Aug 27, 2004 1:57 pm
Linux on the T42

Last post by jmargaglione « Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:08 pm
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by jmargaglione » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:15 am

I am looking at a T42p as a field notebook for customer support of our systems. All of our systems run Linux internally, and I would like to be able...

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Last post by jmargaglione
Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:08 pm
problem creating multiple partitions

Last post by stgreek « Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:01 pm
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by Guest » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:58 pm

Hi
I am installing SUSE 9.1 on a T42 with windows XP.
I already have two primary partitions. One FAT for recovery and one NTFS for windows XP. Then...

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Last post by stgreek
Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:01 pm
T42p + Alsa

Last post by spotter « Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:25 am
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by spotter » Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:34 pm

Has anyone gotten their T42 to work w/ Alsa? I seem to be only able to get sound to work w/ the oss layer on top of Alsa and not using Alsa directly....

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Last post by spotter
Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:25 am
Atheros miniPCI under Mandrake -- help

Last post by Chun-Yu « Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:06 am
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by jmargaglione » Sun Aug 15, 2004 10:46 am

I spent all last night trying to get the Atheros wireless set up under Mandrake 10 -- to little avail. I started by using the prepackaged madwifi_*...

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Last post by Chun-Yu
Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:06 am
What thinkpad to buy?

Last post by stgreek « Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:15 pm
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by Tobias Brox » Fri Aug 13, 2004 2:45 am

I need a new laptop, the primary requirements is that USB, IrDa, PCMCIA, ethernet, WLAN, modem, suspend to RAM and stereo output works without any...

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Last post by stgreek
Fri Aug 13, 2004 5:15 pm
Suse 9.1 Personal TP22 and Intel E100

Last post by Bob Collins « Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:48 am
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by Bob Collins » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:49 pm

As noted. I am just installing Suse 9.1 on my TP22. The Intel E100 onboard NIC is found but cannot be used. The output of dmesg shows the EEPROM to...

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Last post by Bob Collins
Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:48 am
cpufreq in dothan

Last post by still too lazy to reg « Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:56 am
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by Guest » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:05 pm

Hi everyone,
I've installed the Fedora Core 2 in my T42 2378fvu. With the up2date I've upgrade all the
packages. The current version of the kernel...

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Last post by still too lazy to reg
Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:56 am
use vmware or separate partition ?

Last post by Chun-Yu « Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:22 pm
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by samba » Sat Jun 12, 2004 9:42 pm

I gathered some more info on Linux install options.

1) create separate partition for linux (using partition magic) and install LINUX in that...

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Last post by Chun-Yu
Wed Aug 04, 2004 9:22 pm
Best WiFi option for Linux?

Last post by Kludgey « Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:36 am
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by jmargaglione » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:24 am

I'm ordering a T42p, which a/b/g or b/g card is best supported by Mandrake 10 or Linux in general?

Thanks,

John

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Last post by Kludgey
Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:36 am
Battery life?

Last post by Kludgey « Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:30 am
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by jmargaglione » Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:23 am

Has anybody noticed a difference between the battery life under WinXP and Linux? I'm going to be installing Mandrake 10 on a T42, and I want to know...

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Last post by Kludgey
Mon Aug 02, 2004 1:30 am
T41p, Ferdora Core 2 and ATI Driver

Last post by Guest « Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:22 pm
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by Guest » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:24 am

Hi everyone,

after installing various distro's I have setteled on Fedora Core 2. Really like it.

One of the problems I currently have (and it...

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Last post by Guest
Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:22 pm
bootmagic or druid ? please advise

Last post by s0larian « Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:15 pm
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by samba » Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:47 pm

I bought partionmagic to shrink the NTFS partition and install suse/fedora linux. I also see bootmagic on my CD. I was wondering whether to install...

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Last post by s0larian
Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:15 pm
LOOKING FOR INTEREST IN PRE-CONFIGURED LINUX THINKPADS

Last post by stgreek « Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:41 am
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by dcranford » Mon Jul 26, 2004 2:26 pm

Hi there

I was wondering what kind of interest there is in having pre-installed linux partitions on their thinkpads?

This would include Either Red...

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Last post by stgreek
Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:41 am
New T41 / Pre-Desktop HPA / R&R / Linux!!

Last post by bertrand « Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:44 pm
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by Zirynx » Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:26 am

OK, first post here, so please be gentle with me!!

I hope this post is in the correct category, because it's as much about IBM's Thinkpad XP...

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Last post by bertrand
Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:44 pm
DVD Playing, SVideo out issues. Xandros/Debian.

Last post by lilserenity « Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:57 pm

by lilserenity » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:57 pm

(copied from another list i sent this to, i know you guys round here well some of you know who I am ;))

I am writing this email at last from Mozilla...

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Last post by lilserenity
Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:57 pm
KDE or Gnome?

Last post by carbon_unit « Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:02 pm
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by Sci-Clone » Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:22 pm

Which one should I use? KDE or GNOME?

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Last post by carbon_unit
Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:02 pm
Linspire/Knoppix and all the rest

Last post by carbon_unit « Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:37 pm
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by lilserenity » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:56 pm

Hello,

This weekend I had some good fun playing around for the first time on a *nix style OS, namely Linux in the form of Knoppix/Debian and quite...

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Last post by carbon_unit
Wed Jun 23, 2004 6:37 pm
Newbie - Linux Installation

Last post by vjacob « Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:59 am
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by ibmuser » Mon May 10, 2004 8:25 pm

I'd like to give linux a go on a thinkpad x31. How best to start? I know that's a rather general and vague question, but any links to web pages or...

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Last post by vjacob
Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:59 am
770z PII-366 - Slackware 9.1 /w 2.6.7 Kernel - ALSA support?

Last post by FxXP « Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:24 am
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by FxXP » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:54 am

Hello all.

I am sure that this question has been asked before, but I wanted to know what driver should be compiled into the kernel before building...

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Last post by FxXP
Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:24 am
how to install linux on T42 ?

Last post by Mofongo « Sat Jun 19, 2004 3:55 pm
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by samba » Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:53 pm

I have received the T42. It has Windows XP on it. I also like to partition the disk and install linux on it.
1) which Linux goes easy with T42 ?...

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Last post by Mofongo
Sat Jun 19, 2004 3:55 pm
SuSE 9.0 Dual Boot XP on T41

Last post by !db! « Fri Jun 18, 2004 10:46 am
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by dkpw » Sun May 02, 2004 6:33 am

Hi,

Just found this new forum. That phpbb software is great! All the best for this forum.

I thought I might start with a post of my path to...

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Last post by !db!
Fri Jun 18, 2004 10:46 am
X40 - 2100B - Fedora Core

Last post by dgd « Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:29 pm
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by ldbobby-unloggedin » Fri May 28, 2004 3:42 pm

Has anyone gotten this combination to work? So I've got an X40 with the Intel 2100B wireless mini pci card and have Fedora Core 2 installed. I've...

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Last post by dgd
Sat Jun 12, 2004 11:29 pm
R40 and waiting for SuSE 9.1. Suggestions?

Last post by Connor « Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:49 pm
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by Connortn » Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:47 pm

I have aquired a like new Thinkpad R40 2681 CU3 w/XP Home and had IBM to send me the restore CD's. Today I ordered SuSE 9.1 Personal Edition to give...

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Last post by Connor
Sun Jun 06, 2004 3:49 pm
802.11ABG drivers for Linux?

Last post by vispillo « Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:02 am
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by NecessaryEvil » Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:02 am

I have an X31 I'm installing Fedora on (actually, the disc ejected about 2 minutes ago and I need to reboot).

Anyone know where I can get the...

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Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:02 am

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