[ltp] Linux on TP240

[Albert F. McGirt]

The video chipset is Neomagic MagicGraph 128XD, 800x600 x 16-bit color - autodetected by RH 6.0.

Got everything installed and working without much trouble once I got the CDROM working for it.  This required that I use an Adaptec 1480a PCMCIA SCSI Adapter and the pcmcia.img file from the RH6.0 dist CD as described in the RH Installation Guide.  (Do not insert and start CD until asked as install may not see it otherwise.)

The sound was also autodetected and appears to be working OK.  The suspend works fine from a text console but hangs with X.  My network card is a 3COM 3C589.  It works properly if I don't try to install it during the original RH install but wait until after the regular install finishes and then use control-panel to configure the networking.  An Adaptec 1480a or 1460 SCSI adapter also work fine with Zip or Jaz drives.

Frank

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 On 23 Sep 1999 09:15:50 GMT, Harald Milz <hm@suse.de> wrote:
>
> In article <199908272110.PAA29438@kitsune.swcp.com>, Albert F. McGirt <fmcgirt@swcp.com> wrote:
>> Has anyone successfully installed Linux on a ThinkPad 240?   Any gotchas?
>> Suggestions?
>
> What's the video chipset BTW? The IBM pages don't mention anything. 
>
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