[ltp] Problems installing Linux on a T43

[Joel Ebel]

I'm not sure about the T43, but the T40 is certainly supported in later 
2.4 kernels just fine.  Wile it might be different with the T43, It's 
worth a shot to get the latest version you can.  For the most up to date 
2.4 kernels, Slackware is your best bet.  Slackware 10.1 uses 2.4.29, or 
you can use slackware's -current branch, which uses 2.4.31, the very 
latest.  The next best options is probably Debian Sarge which, if you 
use the 2.4 kernel you get 2.4.27.  If you need to stick with Red Hat 
like, you could try CentOS 3.5.  It uses 2.4.21, but probably has 
backported many drivers from later kernels.

Good luck,
Joel

Thor Tall wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed a redhat 7.3 on my new T43 and I am
> having problems with the speed of the HD as it does
> not support DMA. Using lspci I can see that the
> chipset is not supported by the kernel. Does any of
> you know if any of the newer 2.4 kernels support the
> chipsets? Unfortunately I cannot use the 2.6 kernels
> due to customer requirements.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thor.
> 
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