[ltp] Installing Ubuntu on old Thinkpad i1720

rrkrr linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:58:54 -0500


That should work, as it would keep the same drive busy all the time - no
resume problem.

--Bob


Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:
> Chris Schumann:
>
>   
>> Have you tried a network install? Or from USB?
>>     
>
> Another solution would be to create a CD-sized partition on your
> hard disk and install from there (reclaiming the partition’s space
> afterwards); I tend to end up doing this on ThinkPads with broken CD
> drives that can’t boot off of USB.
>
> -- Shot
>