Re: IBM thinkpad X60 on debian..

2010-03-22 Thread Lubos Rendek
thanks for a tip...! I will look it up...I'm not sure but I think that x60 has also an option for SSD?! On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Alok G. Singh wrote: > If you care about power, you'd probably be better off with a low-power > CPU model (X61s, for example). The X200 and X300 have an optio

Re: IBM thinkpad X60 on debian..

2010-03-22 Thread Lubos Rendek
> What do you mean by "Debian's power management"? I suppose I meant a kernel coming with stable version of Debian. If I would have a choice I would prefer a stable version of Debian without major tweaks. I'm teaching couple classes at local uni so I do not want to break something during the presen

Re: IBM thinkpad X60 on debian..

2010-03-22 Thread Alok G. Singh
If you care about power, you'd probably be better off with a low-power CPU model (X61s, for example). The X200 and X300 have an option for SSD which will save some more power. I've been using my X61s with sid for the past 2 years and haven't had a problem. Everything works, with free software (exc

Re: IBM thinkpad X60 on debian..

2010-03-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
Lubos Rendek: > > Can anyone suggest a notebook which would be a perfect choice for > installing Debian in terms of hardware support and power management. I > do not need anything fancy what I'm more concerned about is that it > should have VGA out, long battery life and easy to carry. I am runni

Re: IBM thinkpad X60 on debian..

2010-03-22 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 05:02 +1100, Lubos Rendek wrote: > Can anyone suggest a notebook which would be a perfect choice for > installing Debian in terms of hardware support and power management. I > do not need anything fancy what I'm more concerned about is that it > should have VGA out, long bat

Re: IBM thinkpad A22 serial ports and debian

2009-02-09 Thread Emanoil Kotsev
John Lindsay wrote: > I have installed Debian on my Thinkpad A22. Seems to be working fine > except for the wireless. I also have Wine installed as I want to run an > executable program that downloads a file to an FTA receiver via the > serial port. Do I need to 'turn on' the serial port under Li

Re: IBM thinkpad T43 w/ sarge

2006-02-27 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi all. If you want, you can use those useful links. I've an IBM r50p, and now, with a Debian Sarge (unstable, kernel 2.6.14-2-686). It works (ALL works) very good! http://linux.spiney.org/book/print/71  - right your model http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html - all IBM http://debiana.net/Linux_on_R50p.htm

Re: IBM thinkpad T43 w/ sarge

2006-02-26 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, noc ops wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed sarge on thinkpad t43? Proceed to http://thinkwiki.org for all thinks ThinkPad with Linux, and be happy. Yes, that includes Debian/Sarge install guides for the T43. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. On

Re: IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread jgoerz
Cool, I thought it might be that, but I just wasn't sure. He's only got 8 MB ?!! Can you believe they even made computers with that much ;-). What's the work around? Is there any way to copy the floppies directly onto the hard drive without being on a network (he doesn't have a modem/nic for i

Re: IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread Pollywog
On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:19:34 -0800, Nate Amsden said: > > system is out of memory. known kernel bug(started in 2.2.11) how much > memory > do you have? the lowest end machine ive ever installed debian 2.2 on is > a 64mb machine. > I installed Debian on a ThinkPad 560 with only 8MB RAM.

Re: IBM Thinkpad install

2001-02-22 Thread Nate Amsden
Jesse Goerz wrote: > > I'm trying to help a friend of mine install Debian 2.2r0 onto an IBM Thinkpad > 365XD. It boots the rescue disk just fine using the default options, but > when I try to boot the second floppy (root.bin) it gives me the following > error: > > VM: do_try_to_free_pages syste

Re: ibm thinkpad 380Z serial port trouble

2000-06-30 Thread Thomas Hood
> I've recieved a thinkpad 380Z :-) > I've partitioned disk and installed w2000 on a partition with "Thinkpad > Configuration" > On the other partition I've installed debian from a cd with kernel > 2.2.12 > Problem is I can't connect throught PPP in order to update debian from > the internet > Lin

RE: IBM Thinkpad 560 - (YES, ALL SET FOR THOSE PROBLEMS)

1999-10-21 Thread John Miskinis
Hi, Wow, I sent that mail on 9/9/99 (interesting numbers) and since then I've become a linux nut. Yes, I ended up using the tecra disks. I think it might have been you that helped me way back then. The problems I was experiencing were due to the PCMCIA-based CDROM I had, and I thought it was p

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560, tried JVC drive, can't install BUT SEEN AT BOOTUP

1999-09-09 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > Again, I could not use the CDROM for install. I configured just > about all of the SCSI device drivers, and PCMCIA controller. Now > when I boot, I see some info about the JVC drive though: > > It mentions the aha152x adapter BIOS test passes, detected

Re: IBM Thinkpad or a Toshiba?

1999-09-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Sep 1999, Mark Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > A friend is thinking of buying a new laptop and putting Debian on it. > Have you any recommendations on which one to get? He is currently > vacillating between getting the IBM Thinkpad and getting a Toshiba. > > Thanks, > > Mark. > I'm using Debi

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 - Nothing but problems installing (I got CDs today)

1999-09-09 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, Hi again John. I installed Debian 2.1 to my Thinkpad 560 using a Dlink ethernet adapter on a T1 line. The pcmcia-cs package included in the base install automagically detected the card and set it to eth0. > No matter what I do, it won't see my CDRO

RE: IBM Thinkpad 560 - Nothing but problems installing (I got CD

1999-09-09 Thread Pollywog
On 09-Sep-99 John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, I was under the impression that I had to use the tecra > versions of rescue and drivers. This got me up and running > with the "base" system. I will try ANYTHING though if you > think this might be effecting the CDROM access. I remember now that

RE: IBM Thinkpad 560 - Nothing but problems installing (I got CD

1999-09-09 Thread John Miskinis
Hi, Yes, I was under the impression that I had to use the tecra versions of rescue and drivers. This got me up and running with the "base" system. I will try ANYTHING though if you think this might be effecting the CDROM access. John __ Get

RE: IBM Thinkpad 560 - Nothing but problems installing (I got CD

1999-09-09 Thread Pollywog
On 09-Sep-99 John Miskinis wrote: > Hi, > > I got the debian 2.1 CDs today. I got peanut linux somewhat working > over the last few days, saw KDE, really cool. I have been having > NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS INSTALLING debian 2.1 today/tonight. > Did you use the Tecra rescue disk? It worked on my

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Pollywog
On 04-Sep-99 Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > > The 560 does not require the floppy=thinkpad option. In fact, that option > will probably make the floppy fail after the first disk is read. Also, > you'll need the tecra disks instead of the standard install disks (I'm > not > sure if this was true for

Re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, John Miskinis wrote: > Hello, > > I have been reading much information about the Thinkpad 560 and > linux, but have not come across anything that relates to MY problem. Have you read http://www.netsurf.org/~renaud/unix/linux-tp560.html> which is Debian specific? > This is my

re: IBM Thinkpad 560 install problem (debian 1.3)

1999-09-04 Thread Koyote
> This is my first attempt to install linux ever. I only have a 1.3 > debian distribution on CD, from "Boot" magazine, from 1996. It may > be that this version will never run on my system, or perhaps someone > out there can help me. The kernel is 2.0.29_2.0.29-7 You may want to make a set of fl

Re: IBM ThinkPad w/ Debian Linux 1.3.1

1998-03-31 Thread Chris Hanson
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 20:23:45 From: "Kenneth F. Ryder III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am thinking of buying a IBM ThinkPad 755CD and want to know if Debian Linux 1.3.1 ( which I just ordered) would work well on it (graphical/ CD ROM/ sound /etc. support) If this computer will not w

RE: IBM THINKPAD

1997-09-28 Thread Paul Rightley
The problem arises from the fact that the 365xd cannot boot Linux bzImages. These kernel images have been used by Debian since 1.2. I solved the problem by installing Debian 1.1 and then upgrading to 1.2 and later to 1.3. I do think that there is a better solution, but it may require compiling a

Re: IBM THINKPAD

1997-09-27 Thread Carey Evans
"EL TUCK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i´m triying to install debian ver 1.3 on mi IBM 365 xd laptop for > the first time > > i have 8mb of ram, a 810 mb hard disk drive (cyl 788 , heads 32 , > sectors 63) , but the systems stops when booting from the rescue > disk , when i pressed F4 the tabl