[ltp] What to do if I suspect I've got a lemon T60?

[James Knott]

James Knott wrote:
> SOTL wrote:
>> James Knott wrote:
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>>> SOTL wrote:
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>>>> WSR wrote:
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>>>>> I thought the same thing when I tried to install SuSE 10.1 on my
>>>>> t60..  I later realized that the dvd drive I was using to burn all the
>>>>> iso's was burning them with some corruption apparently.
>>>>>     
>>>> If you used OpenSuSE 10.1 and burned the disk your self in a good burner
>>>> it may work but you will not have win modem support so to get dial up
>>>> modem you need to purchase a pci (full) modem.
>>>>   
>>> How do you know that?  The Winmodem in my R31 works fine.
>>>  
>>>
>> There is more than one type of win modems some are supported some not.
> 
> Quite so, so how do you know that the modem won't work, if you don't
> know what one is being used?  A simple winmodems won't work is nonsense.
> 
>>>> If you attemp to use comerical SuSE 10.1 disks - good luck as they
>>>> probabely will not work. Something about the disks.
>>>>   
>>> That's the first I've heard that one.  Sources?
>> That is an old problem with Thinkpads some CD / DVD apparently have
>> slightly different specks. Some times they work fine other times not.
> 
> Which is it? Defective SUSE disks or incompatible hardware?
>> Amazing isn't how the assumption is it it works in my hardware it works
>> in everybody's hardware (assuming of course the particular set of
>> hardware is not broken) which of course is simply not true.
> 
> Given the track record with ThinkPads, it's likely to work.
> 
> 

Forgot to mention.

Go to www.lenovo.com/linux and you'll find linux drivers for certain
models and a Novell certified hardware list, which lists many ThinkPad
models.  I'd expect between the two, you've got a good chance of finding
a ThinkPad that works with SUSE.