[ltp] Setting up to install RH on a new ThinkPad 600

[James Mckenzie]

Mark:

Hib file size = Installed RAM + Video RAM + 1MB rounded up to the next
MB.  Came from IBM back in my OS/2 days.

James Mckenzie

Mark Atwood wrote:

> I just bought a refurbed ThinkPad 600 2645-85U.
>
> (What does the 85U mean, anyway?).
>
> I've been reading around the WebRing, and have a couple of questions.
>
> I guess I need a MSDOS partition for the suspend file. How big does it
> have to be? I'm guessing the size of the RAM plus a little bit more.
>
> I suppose that keeping TP2.EXE on that MSDOS partition, and making
> that partition bootable would be wise. Where can a find a version of
> MSDOS that will work for that purpose? Does FreeDOS work?
>
> I've been using RH 7.1 at work and home. Is anyone running RH 7.1 on a
> TP600? I've seen nothing in the webring about it, most people's
> experiences seem to have been with RH 6.0.
>
> I've seen the warning about I2C and lm_sensors. Is it safe to just
> install the kernel-2.4.2 that comes with 7.1, and then promptly
> upgrade to say 2.4.9 or so?
>
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