Installing Fedora Core 6 on a ThinkPad T43

Installation Log Fedora Core 6 System components Thinkpad T43 (2668-F3G)

Preparations

• Boot into Win XP and burn recovery CDs (access IBM button or start menu entry)
• Defragment your hard disks
• Reduce the size of NTFS partition. I used (Paragon Partition Manager http://www.partition-manager.com)
• (optional) I made 3 partitions. [(boot 500mb)(swap 1500mb)(8000mb)]
• Move the fat partition after NTFS partition

Installation of Fedora Core 6

• Download DVD ISO from mirror (http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/)
• Write it on the DVD
• Boot it up
• Start installing and if he asks where to install

 select custom layout for partitions

• Select /boot for 500 mb partition swap for 1500mb and / for 8000mb
• When installer asks to configure boot loader (grub), install it to /boot partition
• Continue with installing...
• Do not remove dvd from drive
• Reboot

Configuring MBR

• Boot into dvd and write "linux rescue"
• Now type "df" to see your partitions, ensure which one is /boot partition
• Type "dd if=/boot partition/ of=/boot partition/fedora.img bs=512 count=1"
• Exit from linux rescue and boot into Windos XP as administrator
• Download program explore2fs (http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm)
• Run the program and select boot partition (should be first icon on tree)
• Copy fedora.img to C:/
• Edit C:/boot.ini
• If you can't see or open or write to the file use Explorer:

   Go to Tools->Folder Options->View and select Show hidden files and folders and deselect Hide
   protected operating system files (Recommended).
   Right-click on the file, view the Properties and uncheck Read-only. You can now edit the file.

• Write at the end of the file c:\fedora.img="Fedora 6"
• Reboot, you should see OS selection

External Sources

• This guide is listed at the TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo).