[ltp] question about T30 compatibility

[Norman Levin]

Robert S. Thau wrote:
>> Seth Kulick writes:
>>  > I have an opportunity to get either a Thinkpad T23 or a T30, in an
>>  > already-determined configuration due to a sales deal between IBM
>>  > and the university where I work.  I want to set it up as a
>>  > dual-boot with Linux/Windows (Redhat 7.3 and XP Pro), but the
>>  > return policy is basically nonexistent if I want to return it due
>>  > to problems with Linux compatibility, so I want to be sure it'll
>>  > work okay before getting it.
>> 
>> My T30 basically works with RedHat 7.3.  The only problem I've had is
>> some weird interaction between the PCMCIA support and the sound
>> drivers, which is a bit of an annoyance as I'm using a PCMCIA modem
>> in lieu of the internal one, which is unsupported.  (cardmgr
>> sometimes doesn't notice the insertion or ejection of a card until I
>> restart the KDE sound server, artsd --- this smells like drivers
>> dealing badly with an interrupt conflict, but I haven't bothered to
>> track it down further).  FWIW, I've got the lower-resolution screen
>> (XGA), and no CD burner or wireless.
>> 
>> Aside from that, the only other annoyance has been the common
>> thinkpad behavior that it demands that all pcmcia cards will be
>> ejected before it will go into sleep mode (I haven't tried
>> hibernate). 
>> 
>> One other thing to be careful of during the install, which I think
>> someone else has already mentioned, is that you're at risk of losing
>> the IBM "disk to disk recovery" option if you overwrite the MBR in
>> the install; I've instead got the IBM standard loader loading the
>> WinXP bootstrap, and have that loading grub on the linux partition.

** this is no big problem.  Just make SURE you ask IBM support for the
CD's for the restore!  What good is a recovery partition if the disk
goes south for the winter!  I'm still working on that one...
norm

>> 
>> (The again, has anyone tried the recovery CDs?  I can certainly think
>> of better things to do with the idle disk space that that recovery
>> partition is now taking up...)
>> 
>> rst
>> 
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