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Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{390}}.
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Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{390}}, {{390E}} and  {{390X}}.
  
 
==General Notes==
 
==General Notes==
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Although more conventional methods may work, on a 390 with no working floppy or CD-ROM Linux was successfully installed on this machine by putting the harddrive an another laptop (a T21) installing on it there normally,
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and then swapping the hard drive back in, without any special fussing.
  
 
==Distro specific Instructions==
 
==Distro specific Instructions==
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=== Mandriva 2006 ===
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{{Mandriva}} 2006 installed on a 390E (256 Megs of RAM, 333 Mhz), with no special effort needed. However, if you want to use the modem, after you have rebooted you'll need to follow the instructions at [[Installing Ltmodem driver for Mandriva]]. Linux ran faster than I expected and was quite usable on the machine.
  
 
==External Sources==
 
==External Sources==
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===ThinkPad 390===
 
*[http://linux-laptop.net/hosted/Thinkpad390.html ALSA 1.0.8 on a ThinkPad 390]
 
*[http://linux-laptop.net/hosted/Thinkpad390.html ALSA 1.0.8 on a ThinkPad 390]
 
*[http://mbrannig.org/linux/thinkpad390.html Red Hat 5.2 on a ThinkPad 390]
 
*[http://mbrannig.org/linux/thinkpad390.html Red Hat 5.2 on a ThinkPad 390]
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===ThinkPad 390E===
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*[http://loke.as.arizona.edu/~ckulesa/tp390e/ Craig Kulesas Linux (Redhat) on a ThinkPad 390E pages]
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*[http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/tp390e/ Allin Cottrells Linux on a ThinkPad 390E page]
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*[http://www.patrickrea.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 Patrick Reas Mandrake 10.1 on a ThinkPad 390E page]
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*[http://www.adamspiers.org/computing/ThinkPad/ Adam Spiers' Linux on the IBM ThinkPad 390E page]
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===ThinkPad 390X===
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*[http://linux.is-a-geek.net/laptop/ibm-390x-ubuntu410.html IBM ThinkPad 390X and Ubuntu 4.10]
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*[http://linux.is-a-geek.net/laptop/ibm-390x-ubuntu504.html IBM ThinkPad 390X and Ubuntu 5.04]
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*[http://linux.is-a-geek.net/laptop/ibm-390x-fc3.html IBM ThinkPad 390X and Fedora Core 3]

Latest revision as of 14:26, 12 April 2007

Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad 390, 390E and 390X.

General Notes

Although more conventional methods may work, on a 390 with no working floppy or CD-ROM Linux was successfully installed on this machine by putting the harddrive an another laptop (a T21) installing on it there normally, and then swapping the hard drive back in, without any special fussing.

Distro specific Instructions

Mandriva 2006

Mandriva 2006 installed on a 390E (256 Megs of RAM, 333 Mhz), with no special effort needed. However, if you want to use the modem, after you have rebooted you'll need to follow the instructions at Installing Ltmodem driver for Mandriva. Linux ran faster than I expected and was quite usable on the machine.

External Sources

ThinkPad 390

ThinkPad 390E

ThinkPad 390X