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| − | Installation of Ubuntu 6.04 Flight 5 on a T60 (2623D6U).
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| − | The Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) installer did not recognize the network card (Intel 82573L), so I decided to try 6.04 (an alpha version of Dapper Drake).
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| − | == Summary ==
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| − | === What works out of the box ===
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| − | * Ethernet
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| − | * Sound
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| − | === What needs to be fixed post-install ===
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| − | * Graphics card (unsupported - using generic VESA driver)
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| − | * Dual core processor (get the linux-686-smp package)
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| − | * Wireless (see http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_PRO/Wireless_3945ABG_Mini-PCI_Express_Adapter)
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| − | == Installing of Ubuntu 6.04 alpha Flight 5 ==
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| − | * First, you should look at {{Install|Ubuntu| 5.04|T43 (1875)}}. There is information on preserving the functionality of the ThinkVantage button, which I did not follow.
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| − | * You should probably create the IBM Rescue CDs before you begin. I expected the rescue partition to be able to restore my system to the factory default state if I messed up, but I was wrong.
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| − | * Downloaded CD ISO of Ubuntu's Dapper flight 5 (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight5).
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| − | * I used the installer's partitioner. I eliminated the Windows partition, left the IBM recovery partition alone, and created four partitions for the Linux system: / (8GB), /usr (8GB), swap (2.5GB), and /home (56.4 GB).
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| − | * I let the installer install GRUB in the MBR. I kind of regret doing that because now the ThinkVantage button does not work properly. See the T43 instructions on the alternative methods.
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| − | * The installer recognized the network card (unlike Ubuntu 5.10).
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| − | * The blue "ThinkVantage" button now goes to GRUB instead of IBM's Rescue System. You can get to the IBM partition from the GRUB menu by choosing the "Windows NT" partition.
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| − | == Fixes after installation ==
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| − | * X wouldn't start. There is no support for the ATI x1300. I changed the Device driver in xorg.conf from "ati" to "vesa" and made the maximum resolution 1024x768 with a color depth of 24, which at least works.
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| − | * I installed the linux-686-smp package to support the dual core processor. I verified that it worked by looking at /proc/cpuinfo. I then decided to compile the 2.6.16 kernel using the "Pentium M" processor type with 2 processors ([http://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelCompileHowto]). This worked when I used the "--initrd" flag with make-kpkg.
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