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

[damon legare]

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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