[ltp] Need help with my new 760EL

[Richard S. Dinerman]

To access the EasySetup BIOS - you have to hold down the F1 when turning the
system on (cold boot only).

The system can support larger HDDs up to 5GB if I remember correctly - with
the latest BIOS, but it might be difficult to acquire one - as the 760EL has
been off the market for quite a while. If you are able to, get your hands on
a suitable drive and place it an a casing - purchasable separately (if
you're brave, you can pull the HDD you have out of it's casing).

Travis wrote:

> Hi, I just purchased a IBM ThinkPad 760EL from a computer show.  There
> are some things I need to know about this laptop because it came with no
> documentation.  I went to the IBM website but could not find any manuals
> for this computer.  So here are my questions:  How do I access the BIOS?
> I try pressing DELETE and F1 at startup but nothing happens.  Are there
> BIOS upgrades for this computer?  Can I get a larger HD?  It currently
> has a 2.1 gig and I would like to install windows as well as linux.  I'm
> having trouble installing a new kernel, I downloaded kernel 2.2.16 and
> tried to compile it.  But for some reason it is not working, it has
> something to do with modules, my network card (3com 589 PCMCIA) is not
> detected, but it is with the default RH6.1 kernel.  Am I missing some
> package, like a PCMCIA package? Please advise.
>
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