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

[Adam Benjamin]

> I hope this forum can help me. I installed Red Hat 5.1 on my ThinkPad 770.

I'm running a Thinkpad 770E - which is the same, except yours is a P1
and mine is a PII.  Probably one or two other small differences...  In
any case my girlfriend owned a 770 for a few months (before she
upgraded it to a 770Z.)

I don't know if there is an upgrade path.  Best bet is to put the 7.x
CD into the drive (and boot from it) and see if you get the option to
upgrade.  Now, if you haven't done anything to it it's probably
easiest to do a fresh install.

I would also recommend (if you can) to install RH 7.2 - which is the
latest.  The only major difference you'll notice is the addition of
the ext3 filesystem - which might make a difference when you have an
unexpected reboot.  The journalled filesystems (such as ext3) are much
nicer.  Be warned there are also about 100 Megs or so of updates for
7.2 (and more for 7.1) and you'll want to install them for security
reasons.

I hope that helps.

Adam Benjamin
Technical Infrastructure Specialist
Open Text Corporation




> I never could get the video correct so I just left it there and never used
> it.  It's on a partitioned HDD with Win98.  I want to use Linux, but I am
> having trouble getting a good installation.  I now have Red Hat 7.1.  Is
> there anyway to upgrade the version already sinning on my hard drive?  Thank
> you.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> [mailto:owner-linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com]On Behalf Of damon legare
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 11:08 PM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: Re: [ltp] HELP..Installing RedHad 7.2 on a Thinkpad 600E
> 
> 
> 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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