[ltp] Ubuntu on 560E

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Nathan Templeton wrote:

> chris@idlelion.net wrote:
>> Turns out the 560E can boot from a PCMCIA card reader. I'm in the midst of 
>> installing Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) on it and will update the ThinkWiki 
>> page if I actually get it running.
>> 
>> I would now think that just about any ThinkPad with a Pentium or later 
>> could boot and install from PCMCIA.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
> As long as you use the alternate install cd you should be fine.

The 560E is an ultra-portable, one-spindle machine. There is no CD drive. 
I used the netboot image and wrote it to an SD card, booted from it and 
did a network install.

Unfortunately, I chose an expert install, so it thought I knew what I was 
doing and never offered to install a GUI, and "aptitude install 
xubuntu-desktop" was having dependency issues, so now I'm trying Hardy 
Heron.

FWIW, I could not get a 600E or T60 to boot from the same PCCard reader. 
The 600E does have a PCMCIA option in the startup menu, but the T60 does 
not. I suspect the T60 would boot from a USB card reader.

Chris