[ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E

[dmlegare]

Is there a way of installing just the changes from 7.X to 7.2? or do you
have to download the entire 7.2 version and do an upgrade?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Benjamin" <aebenjam@opentext.com>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: December 27, 2001 8:33 AM
Subject: RE: [ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E


> > I hope this forum can help me. I installed Red Hat 5.1 on my ThinkPad
770.
>
> I'm running a Thinkpad 770E - which is the same, except yours is a P1
> and mine is a PII.  Probably one or two other small differences...  In
> any case my girlfriend owned a 770 for a few months (before she
> upgraded it to a 770Z.)
>
> I don't know if there is an upgrade path.  Best bet is to put the 7.x
> CD into the drive (and boot from it) and see if you get the option to
> upgrade.  Now, if you haven't done anything to it it's probably
> easiest to do a fresh install.
>
> I would also recommend (if you can) to install RH 7.2 - which is the
> latest.  The only major difference you'll notice is the addition of
> the ext3 filesystem - which might make a difference when you have an
> unexpected reboot.  The journalled filesystems (such as ext3) are much
> nicer.  Be warned there are also about 100 Megs or so of updates for
> 7.2 (and more for 7.1) and you'll want to install them for security
> reasons.
>
> I hope that helps.
>
> Adam Benjamin
> Technical Infrastructure Specialist
> Open Text Corporation
>
>
>
>
> > I never could get the video correct so I just left it there and never
used
> > it.  It's on a partitioned HDD with Win98.  I want to use Linux, but I
am
> > having trouble getting a good installation.  I now have Red Hat 7.1.  Is
> > there anyway to upgrade the version already sinning on my hard drive?
Thank
> > you.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> > [mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of damon legare
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 11:08 PM
> > To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E
> >
> >
> > Thanks guys! Installed this evening without issue!! What a difference
then
> > when I tried this with RH 6.2!!!
> >
> > Is there a tool like Partition Magic for Linux?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James M Corey" <jmcorey@ptdcs2.ra.intel.com>
> > To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 3:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:55:48PM -0600, Robert Hollis wrote:
> > > > RedHat 7.2 should correctly detect the video driver /modes during
> > > > installation.
> > > > Select 1024x768 for resolution (generic laptop display) and the
video is
> > > > Neomagic 256AV.
> > >
> > > I can confirm this worked fine on my laptop, a 600E-2645-4BU.  I
believe
> > > I have also installed RedHat 7.2 on a 600E-2645-4AU.  No problems.
> > >
> > > It will automatically figure out the type of video adapter (NeoMagic).
> > > Like he says the type of monitor to select is something like "generic
> > > 1024x768 LCD laptop".  I remember it was a little odd, maybe near the
> > > top of the list rather than in alphabetic order?  Maybe had to expand
a
> > > level of hierarchy to get to it?  Anyway, not too hard to find.
> > >
> > > It will automatically support the Xircom PCMCIA ethernet card, just
tell
> > > it whether you want to use DHCP or whether instead you have a
permanent
> > > IP address.  If you aren't familiar with the networking questions it
asks,
> > > there is the help on the left side, and you may also find it useful to
> > > look on the documentation CD, under the HOWTO section, e.g. the NET
howto.
> > >
> > > I've not had the energy to want to tangle with getting sound to work
on
> > it.
> > > No sndconfig support, oh well.
> > >
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