[ltp] New...

[Norman Levin]

Dave Coleman wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm facing the same situation (no manual) with my TP 600 (off-lease
>> special from an on-line discount house).  Would you be so kind as to
>> send me a link to the document you found?
>> 
>> I have used  and installed several LINUX distributions on desktops,
>> but I'm not an expert and I'm a bit nervous about atempting an
>> install on the laptop until I have more info at my disposal.  Hence,
>> the last two weeks of lurking on this mailing list.
>> 
>> I'm leaning towards Gentoo... any thoughts on this?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>> 
** the 600 model had some bios problems.  Definitely make sure
you have latest bios.  Then guts it out.
norm

>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Steven Crane [mailto:steven@plansofmice.co.uk]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 4:21 AM
>> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
>> Subject: Re: [ltp] New...
>> 
>> 
>> ...In the TP 600E (what I use), if you hold down the 'F1' key and
>> power on the machine, it'll put you into the BIOS...
>> 
>> Ta. The machine is 2nd hand and did not come with a manual. Didn't
>> think to look in
>> the BIOS but I'd probably have wasted about an hour holding the
>> "delete" key.
>> 
>> I have finally managed to persuade IBM's website to part with a PDF
>> "user guide". Took
>> three days of searching but I finally hit the right note. Variations
>> on he terms
>> "instructions" and  "manual" proved most unproductive?
>> 
>> ---Steven
>> 
>> 
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