TP 240 HDD (was: [ltp] Suse 7.1)

[Ken Firestone]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, T Dale wrote:

  Well, IBM repaired my 240. Before sending it in I took out the hard drive.
  Their notes said they repaired the system board.  So I don't know anything
  more than I did as to what caused the failure. It seemed very strange that
  it died while attempting to connect via PCMCIA modem to my ISP for the first
  time after configuring an Internet connection in Suse 7.1 w/ firewall
  enabled -- but it could be merely a coincidence that it happened when it
  did.

Damn, I was hoping for something more before installing Suse 7.1 on my TP240!

  Since getting it back I've not yet booted into Linux, having only used the
  Windows partition, but when I do I'll probably try again to get the 240's
  Lucent winmodem working under Linux. Has anyone done this yet? If so, care
  to share the steps? I tried once before, downloading the necessary zip file,
  but couldn't get the necessary file -- ltmod51a.exe or something similar,
  IIRC -- to execute in Linux, which is why I resorted to using my Megahertz
  PCMCIA modem.

I've had the Lucent winmodem working for some time now, but with
kernel 2.2.16 as the highest release. I remember getting the file from
Lucent, and then doing the install by hand following their install
script.

I load the module by hand when I need it, and occasionally have to
recopy the module into the modules directory.

Right now, since upgrading to Suse 7.0, the modem dials, but ppp seems
to be broken.


  >From: Ken Firestone <kenf@clark.net>
  >Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
  >To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
  >Subject: Re: TP 240 HDD (was: [ltp] Suse 7.1)
  >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:04:09 -0500 (EST)
  >
  >Hi,
  >Have you heard anything from IBM about this yet?  I'm wondering now if
  >it is even safe to update to the 2.18 kernel without recompiling to
  >remove problem parts?
  >
  >Thanks.
  >
  >On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, T Dale wrote:
  >
  >   My thanks to Chris, who recommended removing the drive before sending in
  >the
  >   unit, and to Crispin, who assured me it could and should be done. After
  >a
  >   talk with an IBM Serv tech who was very helpful, I learned that removing
  >the
  >   drive on the TP 240 is about as straightforward as is removing the
  >battery.
  >   And he assured me it's perfectly OK to send it in without the drive.
  >
  >   Now I only hope the unit's unexplicable loss of power has nothing to do
  >with
  >   either the drive itself or the Linux installation on it.
  >
  >
  >
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