Installing Ubuntu 6.06 on a ThinkPad 600E
Introduction
Well, trying to get Ubuntu or some derivate on your good old 600E? If you have a TP 600, these directions may not work, so please try [1] and search the forums for it. For Ubuntu 5.10 try [2].
Before installing: Hibernation Partition
Suspend and hibernate may not work. Anyway, you will need a hibernation partition (FAT16) with a hibernation file on it... see [3] for more infos. Even though this page is quite old you create the hibernation partition like you did back then. Now get the floppy images from there and prepare your floppies. Note: Always substitute c: or C with your hibernation partition drive letter.
- Boot your computer using the DOS 6.22 floppy.
- First create the primary DOS partition using DOS-fdisk (Linux-fdisk doesn't seem to work". It has to be slightly (5-10MB) bigger than your RAM. Then do type the following commands
format c: /s c:
- Now insert the floppy containing the Thinkpad 600E tools.
copy a:\tp600e c: ps2 HFILE C
- While PS2 is running re-insert the DOS floppy.
- When PS2 has finished running, turn your PC off and restart the computer (without floppy).
Now install your system. Hibernation should now work.
