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Category:600X

2005-03-23T21:48:56Z

66.41.135.254: /* Features */

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=== ThinkPad 600X ===
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad 600X related topics.<br />
==== Features ====
*Pentium III processor, 450, 500 or 650 MHz
**650MHz models have SpeedStep power saving technology
**256 KB on-board cache
**100 MHz front-side system bus
*64 MB SDRAM on main board, expandable to 576 MB via two expansion slots
*13.3 inch TFT display with 1024 x 768 resolution
*Neomagic MagicGraph256ZX 2x AGP video controller with 4MB dedicated video RAM
*6.0 GB or 12.0 GB standard hard disk drive, larger sizes available
*CS4624/CS4297A Audio controller
*Integrated 56K V.90 modem MiniPCI card
*Video out port (TV out) on all 5Fx and 9Fx models
*UltraslimBay with warm swap capability
*CD-ROM, DVD, or CD-R/W available
*PC Card (PCMCIA): two Type 1, two Type II, or one Type III card
*USB port
*ports for headphone, line in, microphone
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[[Category:Models]]

Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

2005-03-18T13:42:33Z

66.41.135.254: Added "emerge system" benchmark

__TOC__
----
===Overview===
I know a lot of you out there either already have an old ThinkPad or have access to cheap ones, or are thinking about what these machines can do. Well, they can run Linux. I plan to make mine an SMB file and print server.

In this version of this document, I will tell you how I installed Gentoo Linux on my 750P.

===Requirements===
You need some RAM. The 750 family all came with 4MB RAM built in. That's fine for DOS, but not a modern OS. You can buy a 32MB DRAM card, bringing up the total to 36MB, which is just enough to run a few useful tasks.

You need a bigger hard disk. My 750P came with a 170 MEGABYTE hard disk. The 750 with IBM's latest BIOS can handle 8GB of drive capacity. Any OS (such as DOS) that uses the BIOS for disk access can use 8GB of capacity. Linux and other modern OSes can use larger disks (up to 137GiB) but the boot partition must be entirely below the 8GB boundary. A 4GB drive may be large enough for Gentoo. I'm using a 12GB drive.

You need some way to get files on your machine. I used a network card. Specifically, the LinkSys PCMPC200. It's a 16-bit PCMCIA (PC Card) card that does 100Mbps speeds and has native Linux drivers.

You need another computer. Use this computer to download and make floppy disks and to hold files your 750 will need.

===Assumptions===
* You have installed Linux before
* You have at least read the Gentoo Handbook, or even installed Gentoo
* You are comfortable designing a partition scheme
* You are using a NIC to install Gentoo
* You do NOT want a fine-tuned, ultra-tweaked Gentoo installation after this procedure.

You want a system that works so you can learn Gentoo better and tweak it later, or do it again the way YOU want it done.

===The Steps===
Download the bare.i, install.1, install.2, and pcmcia Slackware floppies. Boot the 750 with the bare.i disk. The following line of parameters will suit our needs.
ramdisk floppy=thinkpad noapm noscsi nousb
Add '''mono''' if you've got the 750 or 750P with a grayscale screen. Insert install.1 when it asks for the root disk. Continue with install.2 when prompted.

Login as root. If you have a 750 or 750P (and its grayscale screen) enter TERM=vt100. Insert your NIC if not done already. Type pcmcia. Configure your card:
ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR broadcast $BCAST netmask $NETMASK

Then make sure you can route to the internet:
route add -net default gw $GTWAY netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1

Make /etc/resolv.conf to include your DNS servers.

Follow section 4, Preparing the Disks, to partition, format, and mount your disk. Remember to ensure your /boot partition is in the first 1024 cylinders or 8GB. Use mke2fs to format them. Be sure to activate your swap partition using swapon. Compiles will take more memory than my 36MB could handle.

Here's what I did after partitioning:
mke2fs /dev/hda6
mke2fs -j /dev/hda8
mkswap /dev/hda7
swapon /dev/hda7
mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/gentoo/boot

Your partition numbers will be different.

'''This section replaces the Gentoo Handbook sections 5.a to 5.d.'''
On another machine, download a stage tarball. I used stage1-x86-2004.3.tar.bz2. Use bunzip2 on that machine to get a tar file. This is important because the Slackware floppies cannot understand a bz2 file. Put that tar file on a web or ftp server. The Slackware floppies cannot mount an SMB share.

Get and extract the stage tar archive:
cd /mnt/gentoo
wget http://othermachine/stage1-x86-2004.3.tar
tar -xvpf stage1-x86-2004.3.tar

Also download the most recent version of portage, unzip it and make the tar archive available via http or ftp. Get and extract that file:
wget http://othermachine/portage-20050225.tar
tar -xvf portage-20050225.tar -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

Note that this portage bz2 file was about 18MB, expanded to a 40MB tarball and took about 500MB of disk space because of the huge number of small files.

'''Continue with Gentoo Handbook section 5.e'''
Continue with the Gentoo Handbook with Installation section 5.e. Configuring the Compile Options.

===Installation Notes===
In step 6.a, Chrooting, you must manually set the GENTOO_MIRRORS and SYNC in your make.conf file because mirrorselect is not available.

You do not need to "emerge --sync" or "emerge-websync" if you used a recent portage archive earlier. "emerge --sync" will usually timeout because the 750 is so slow. This can be configured, but there's no need to do it just yet.

Choose your USE flags carefully. None will be set by default since you are booting Slackware.

Extracting the portage tar file will take some time. There are a lot of files in there. Speaking from experience, deleting those files takes a long time too, if you should happen to put them in the wrong place.

Anything in the Handbook that says will take a long time will take a '''really''' long time. Be prepared to let it run for several days. Really. The initial '''bootstrap.sh''' that builds the compiler and libraries took just under 12 days on my machine. The '''emerge system''' step took 6.4 days.

[[Category:750]] [[Category:750CS]] [[Category:750C]] [[Category:750P]]

Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

2005-03-09T05:14:19Z

66.41.135.254: Added boot parameters

__TOC__
----
===Overview===
Written by Chris Schumann
c schumann at twp dash llc dot com

I know a lot of you out there either already have an old ThinkPad or have access to cheap ones, or are thinking about what these machines can do. Well, they can run Linux. I plan to make mine an SMB file and print server.

In this version of this document, I will tell you how I installed Gentoo Linux on my 750P.

===Requirements===
You need some RAM. The 750 family all came with 4MB RAM built in. That's fine for DOS, but not a modern OS. You can buy a 32MB DRAM card, bringing up the total to 36MB, which is just enough to run a few useful tasks.

You need a bigger hard disk. My 750P came with a 170 MEGABYTE hard disk. The 750 with IBM's latest BIOS can handle 8GB of drive capacity. Any OS (such as DOS) that uses the BIOS for disk access can use 8GB of capacity. Linux and other modern OSes can use larger disks (up to 137GiB) but the boot partition must be entirely below the 8GB boundary. A 4GB drive may be large enough for Gentoo. I'm using a 12GB drive.

You need some way to get files on your machine. I used a network card. Specifically, the LinkSys PCMPC200. It's a 16-bit PCMCIA (PC Card) card that does 100Mbps speeds and has native Linux drivers.

You need another computer. Use this computer to download and make floppy disks and to hold files your 750 will need.

===Assumptions===
* You have installed Linux before
* You have at least read the Gentoo Handbook, or even installed Gentoo
* You are comfortable designing a partition scheme
* You are using a NIC to install Gentoo
* You do NOT want a fine-tuned, ultra-tweaked Gentoo installation after this procedure.

You want a system that works so you can learn Gentoo better and tweak it later, or do it again the way YOU want it done.

===The Steps===
Download the bare.i, install.1, install.2, and pcmcia Slackware floppies. Boot the 750 with the bare.i disk. The following line of parameters will suit our needs.
ramdisk floppy=thinkpad noapm noscsi nousb
Add '''mono''' if you've got the 750 or 750P with a grayscale screen. Insert install.1 when it asks for the root disk. Continue with install.2 when prompted.

Login as root. If you have a 750 or 750P (and its grayscale screen) enter TERM=vt100. Insert your NIC if not done already. Type pcmcia. Configure your card:
ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR broadcast $BCAST netmask $NETMASK

Then make sure you can route to the internet:
route add -net default gw $GTWAY netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1

Make /etc/resolv.conf to include your DNS servers.

Follow section 4, Preparing the Disks, to partition, format, and mount your disk. Remember to ensure your /boot partition is in the first 1024 cylinders or 8GB. Use mke2fs to format them. Be sure to activate your swap partition using swapon. Compiles will take more memory than my 36MB could handle.

Here's what I did after partitioning:
mke2fs /dev/hda6
mke2fs -j /dev/hda8
mkswap /dev/hda7
swapon /dev/hda7
mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/gentoo/boot

Your partition numbers will be different.

'''This section replaces the Gentoo Handbook sections 5.a to 5.d.'''
On another machine, download a stage tarball. I used stage1-x86-2004.3.tar.bz2. Use bunzip2 on that machine to get a tar file. This is important because the Slackware floppies cannot understand a bz2 file. Put that tar file on a web or ftp server. The Slackware floppies cannot mount an SMB share.

Get and extract the stage tar archive:
cd /mnt/gentoo
wget http://othermachine/stage1-x86-2004.3.tar
tar -xvpf stage1-x86-2004.3.tar

Also download the most recent version of portage, unzip it and make the tar archive available via http or ftp. Get and extract that file:
wget http://othermachine/portage-20050225.tar
tar -xvf portage-20050225.tar -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

Note that this portage bz2 file was about 18MB, expanded to a 40MB tarball and took about 500MB of disk space because of the huge number of small files.

'''Continue with Gentoo Handbook section 5.e'''
Continue with the Gentoo Handbook with Installation section 5.e. Configuring the Compile Options.

===Installation Notes===
In step 6.a, Chrooting, you must manually set the GENTOO_MIRRORS and SYNC in your make.conf file because mirrorselect is not available.

You do not need to "emerge --sync" or "emerge-websync" if you used a recent portage archive earlier. "emerge --sync" will usually timeout because the 750 is so slow. This can be configured, but there's no need to do it just yet.

Choose your USE flags carefully. None will be set by default since you are booting Slackware.

Extracting the portage tar file will take some time. There are a lot of files in there. Speaking from experience, deleting those files takes a long time too, if you should happen to put them in the wrong place.

Anything in the Handbook that says will take a long time will take a '''really''' long time. Be prepared to let it run for several days. Really.

[[Category:750]] [[Category:750CS]] [[Category:750C]] [[Category:750P]]

750 Family Device Support in Linux

2005-02-28T18:54:31Z

66.41.135.254: Added model 750Ce

==Overview==
The bad news is that the 750 is old and slow. The good news is that every device type in the family is supported in Linux. More bad news: Getting those device to work in Linux can be hard.

The 750 family has a few models. I will list their similarities first.

==Architecture==
===CPU===
The 750 uses an Intel 80486 running at 33MHz. Desktop CPUs now run 100 times faster. Some models run the CPU at 50MHz on a 25MHz clock. Linux requires an 80386 or better, so we are fine here.

===Memory===
The 750 came with 4MB memory built in and one IC DRAM card slot. It's like PCMCIA, and yet not enough like it to be useful. It has a 64-bit wide memory path that runs at 33MHz for a memory bandwidth of 267MB/s. It can accept a 32MB memory card. Linux will run with this small amount if you are careful.

===Buses===
The 750 uses the ISA bus. This means that the PCMCIA slots are 16-bit or PC Card slots. The memory runs at full CPU speed of 33MHz. The ISA bus runs at (unknown) MHz.

==TrackPoint==
The TrackPoint pointing device is supported perfectly in Linux as a PS/2 mouse.

==Video==
===Controller===
The video controller is the WD 90C24 and the 750 has 1MB video RAM. That's enough for 640x480 at 24 bits per pixel, or 1024x768 at 8 bits per pixel. It has been supported in Linux for some time. However, the chipset and video memory is not detected correctly, meaning hand-tuning of X configuration files is necessary.

Further, the svga driver (which includes this video chip) has not been ported to the most recent versions of X.org or X11R6.

Debian starts X with a display of 320x200 at 8 bpp. 640x480 with 4bpp should be easy and enough for the models without color screens.

There is a VGA connector on the 750 for connecting to an external monitor.
===Display===
====Grayscale====
* The 750 and 750P have a 9.5" STN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. They can display 64 levels of gray and have a contrast ratio of 18:1.
====Color====
* The 750Cs has a 9.5" DSTN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 20:1.
====Active Matrix Color====
* The 750C has a 10.4" TFT LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 100:1.

==Audio==
The 750 uses the Crystal Semiconductor CS4248-KL sound chip. That chip works with Linux in other machines. I have not seen it work on the 750. I believe that is because IBM puts the chip in IO address space that is not normally used in Linux.

The chip can reside at 0x0030, 0x4E30, 0x8E30 or 0xCE30. The last time I tried to pass in the address to the Linux sound driver, it didn't work.

==PCMCIA==
The 750 uses a PCMCIA controller that is well supported in Linux. Nothing special is required to get PC Cards working. Note that only 16-bit cards will work. 32-bit or CardBus cards will not fit in the slots without force and will not work if forced.

==Power==
The 750 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. A fully charged battery in a 750 or 750P could last 12 hours. APM might work. Edit me.

==Hard Disk==
The 750 family came with either a 170MB or 340MB hard drive. Each drive was 17mm think and resided in a caddy that was difficult to disassemble.

The connector shorts pins 1 and 2 so that modern hard drives configure themselves to be the slave drive when they are plugged in. This stops most operating systems from installing correctly. To get newer drives to work, you can either bend or break the pin on the drive. Since laptop drives are usually the only drive in a system, this may not be as bad as it sounds. Instead, you can scrape a trace on the connector in the caddy or on the system board. This means that the older drives will no longer work in the machine.

==Floppy Drive==
The 750 came with a 2.88MB floppy drive. HD diskettes are hard to find nowadays. The floppy works with Linux, but the drive's diskette change status bit is reversed. Compensate for this by adding "floppy=thinkpad" to the kernel parameters at boot time, or the machine will not correctly recognize when the diskette has changed.

==Ports==
Linux supports the EPP parallel port fully.

The 16440-based serial port will also work but is a really awful device and may not keep up with modern serial devices.

The PS/2 port supports mice and keyboards with adaptors.

The 750 has no modem, infrared, or USB ports.

==Esoteric Devices==
A couple of devices were available to swap with the 2.88MB floppy drive.
===TV Tuner===
The 750C could use a TV tuner module. I doubt that video capture is possible with this device and that video was sent straight to the display, bypassing the video controller.
===CDPD Modem===
The 750 family (except the 750P) could use the CPDP Mobile Communications Module that allowed one to use old cell phone technology to connect to the telephone network. 14.4 kbps speeds were possible.
==Differences==
===750===
This is the standard, no-frills model. It shipped with IBM's PC-DOS 6.1.
===750Cs===
This model added a color screen. It was a dual-scan color screen, but still, Color!
===750C===
This model added a TFT color screen. It has similar specs to machines made twelve years later. At the time it was one of the best screens available.
===750P===
This model added an untethered pen. It could be used as a mouse or as an input device, like modern tablet PCs. This model shipped with PenDOS as well as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows for Pen Computing, which included handwriting recognition and training software.

The 750P adds an internal 16550-based serial port to handle the pen's data stream. Linux does support input from tablets, but this device has yet to work on Linux.
===750Ce===
The 750Ce seems to be the step-child in the 750 family. It is not mentioned in the twbook specification book. From the Hardware Maintenance Manual, the CPU is an 80486DX2 running at 50MHz with a memory speed of 25MHz. It appears there was a 75MHz CPU option available as well. In addition, the TFT screen was "enhanced" in some way. Many parts are incompatible with other family members.

[[Category:750]] [[Category:750CS]] [[Category:750C]] [[Category:750P]] [[Category: 750CE]]

750 Family Device Support in Linux

2005-02-28T18:40:27Z

66.41.135.254: No modem

==Overview==
The bad news is that the 750 is old and slow. The good news is that every device type in the family is supported in Linux. More bad news: Getting those device to work in Linux can be hard.

The 750 family has a few models. I will list their similarities first.

==Architecture==
===CPU===
The 750 uses an Intel 80486 running at 33MHz. Desktop CPUs now run 100 times faster. Some models run the CPU at 50MHz on a 25MHz clock. Linux requires an 80386 or better, so we are fine here.

===Memory===
The 750 came with 4MB memory built in and one IC DRAM card slot. It's like PCMCIA, and yet not enough like it to be useful. It has a 64-bit wide memory path that runs at 33MHz for a memory bandwidth of 267MB/s. It can accept a 32MB memory card. Linux will run with this small amount if you are careful.

===Buses===
The 750 uses the ISA bus. This means that the PCMCIA slots are 16-bit or PC Card slots. The memory runs at full CPU speed of 33MHz. The ISA bus runs at (unknown) MHz.

==TrackPoint==
The TrackPoint pointing device is supported perfectly in Linux as a PS/2 mouse.

==Video==
===Controller===
The video controller is the WD 90C24 and the 750 has 1MB video RAM. That's enough for 640x480 at 24 bits per pixel, or 1024x768 at 8 bits per pixel. It has been supported in Linux for some time. However, the chipset and video memory is not detected correctly, meaning hand-tuning of X configuration files is necessary.

Further, the svga driver (which includes this video chip) has not been ported to the most recent versions of X.org or X11R6.

Debian starts X with a display of 320x200 at 8 bpp. 640x480 with 4bpp should be easy and enough for the models without color screens.

There is a VGA connector on the 750 for connecting to an external monitor.
===Display===
====Grayscale====
* The 750 and 750P have a 9.5" STN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. They can display 64 levels of gray and have a contrast ratio of 18:1.
====Color====
* The 750Cs has a 9.5" DSTN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 20:1.
====Active Matrix Color====
* The 750C has a 10.4" TFT LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 100:1.

==Audio==
The 750 uses the Crystal Semiconductor CS4248-KL sound chip. That chip works with Linux in other machines. I have not seen it work on the 750. I believe that is because IBM puts the chip in IO address space that is not normally used in Linux.

The chip can reside at 0x0030, 0x4E30, 0x8E30 or 0xCE30. The last time I tried to pass in the address to the Linux sound driver, it didn't work.

==PCMCIA==
The 750 uses a PCMCIA controller that is well supported in Linux. Nothing special is required to get PC Cards working. Note that only 16-bit cards will work. 32-bit or CardBus cards will not fit in the slots without force and will not work if forced.

==Power==
The 750 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. A fully charged battery in a 750 or 750P could last 12 hours. APM might work. Edit me.

==Hard Disk==
The 750 family came with either a 170MB or 340MB hard drive. Each drive was 17mm think and resided in a caddy that was difficult to disassemble.

The connector shorts pins 1 and 2 so that modern hard drives configure themselves to be the slave drive when they are plugged in. This stops most operating systems from installing correctly. To get newer drives to work, you can either bend or break the pin on the drive. Since laptop drives are usually the only drive in a system, this may not be as bad as it sounds. Instead, you can scrape a trace on the connector in the caddy or on the system board. This means that the older drives will no longer work in the machine.

==Floppy Drive==
The 750 came with a 2.88MB floppy drive. HD diskettes are hard to find nowadays. The floppy works with Linux, but the drive's diskette change status bit is reversed. Compensate for this by adding "floppy=thinkpad" to the kernel parameters at boot time, or the machine will not correctly recognize when the diskette has changed.

==Ports==
Linux supports the EPP parallel port fully.

The 16440-based serial port will also work but is a really awful device and may not keep up with modern serial devices.

The PS/2 port supports mice and keyboards with adaptors.

The 750 has no modem, infrared, or USB ports.

==Esoteric Devices==
A couple of devices were available to swap with the 2.88MB floppy drive.
===TV Tuner===
The 750C could use a TV tuner module. I doubt that video capture is possible with this device and that video was sent straight to the display, bypassing the video controller.
===CDPD Modem===
The 750 family (except the 750P) could use the CPDP Mobile Communications Module that allowed one to use old cell phone technology to connect to the telephone network. 14.4 kbps speeds were possible.
==Differences==
===750===
This is the standard, no-frills model. It shipped with IBM's PC-DOS 6.1.
===750Cs===
This model added a color screen. It was a dual-scan color screen, but still, Color!
===750C===
This model added a TFT color screen. It has similar specs to machines made twelve years later. At the time it was one of the best screens available.
===750P===
This model added an untethered pen. It could be used as a mouse or as an input device, like modern tablet PCs. This model shipped with PenDOS as well as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows for Pen Computing, which included handwriting recognition and training software.

The 750P adds an internal 16550-based serial port to handle the pen's data stream. Linux does support input from tablets, but this device has yet to work on Linux.

[[Category:750]] [[Category:750CS]] [[Category:750C]] [[Category:750P]]

750 Family Device Support in Linux

2005-02-28T02:22:45Z

66.41.135.254:

==Overview==
The bad news is that the 750 is old and slow. The good news is that every device type in the family is supported in Linux. More bad news: Getting those device to work in Linux can be hard.

The 750 family has a few models. I will list their similarities first.

==Architecture==
===CPU===
The 750 uses an Intel 80486 running at 33MHz. Desktop CPUs now run 100 times faster. Some models run the CPU at 50MHz on a 25MHz clock. Linux requires an 80386 or better, so we are fine here.

===Memory===
The 750 came with 4MB memory built in and one IC DRAM card slot. It's like PCMCIA, and yet not enough like it to be useful. It has a 64-bit wide memory path that runs at 33MHz for a memory bandwidth of 267MB/s. It can accept a 32MB memory card. Linux will run with this small amount if you are careful.

===Buses===
The 750 uses the ISA bus. This means that the PCMCIA slots are 16-bit or PC Card slots. The memory runs at full CPU speed of 33MHz. The ISA bus runs at (unknown) MHz.

==TrackPoint==
The TrackPoint pointing device is supported perfectly in Linux as a PS/2 mouse.

==Video==
===Controller===
The video controller is the WD 90C24 and the 750 has 1MB video RAM. That's enough for 640x480 at 24 bits per pixel, or 1024x768 at 8 bits per pixel. It has been supported in Linux for some time. However, the chipset and video memory is not detected correctly, meaning hand-tuning of X configuration files is necessary.

Further, the svga driver (which includes this video chip) has not been ported to the most recent versions of X.org or X11R6.

Debian starts X with a display of 320x200 at 8 bpp. 640x480 with 4bpp should be easy and enough for the models without color screens.

There is a VGA connector on the 750 for connecting to an external monitor.
===Display===
====Grayscale====
* The 750 and 750P have a 9.5" STN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. They can display 64 levels of gray and have a contrast ratio of 18:1.
====Color====
* The 750Cs has a 9.5" DSTN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 20:1.
====Active Matrix Color====
* The 750C has a 10.4" TFT LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 100:1.

==Audio==
The 750 uses the Crystal Semiconductor CS4248-KL sound chip. That chip works with Linux in other machines. I have not seen it work on the 750. I believe that is because IBM puts the chip in IO address space that is not normally used in Linux.

The chip can reside at 0x0030, 0x4E30, 0x8E30 or 0xCE30. The last time I tried to pass in the address to the Linux sound driver, it didn't work.

==PCMCIA==
The 750 uses a PCMCIA controller that is well supported in Linux. Nothing special is required to get PC Cards working. Note that only 16-bit cards will work. 32-bit or CardBus cards will not fit in the slots without force and will not work if forced.

==Power==
The 750 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. A fully charged battery in a 750 or 750P could last 12 hours. APM might work. Edit me.

==Hard Disk==
The 750 family came with either a 170MB or 340MB hard drive. Each drive was 17mm think and resided in a caddy that was difficult to disassemble.

The connector shorts pins 1 and 2 so that modern hard drives configure themselves to be the slave drive when they are plugged in. This stops most operating systems from installing correctly. To get newer drives to work, you can either bend or break the pin on the drive. Since laptop drives are usually the only drive in a system, this may not be as bad as it sounds. Instead, you can scrape a trace on the connector in the caddy or on the system board. This means that the older drives will no longer work in the machine.

==Floppy Drive==
The 750 came with a 2.88MB floppy drive. HD diskettes are hard to find nowadays. The floppy works with Linux, but the drive's diskette change status bit is reversed. Compensate for this by adding "floppy=thinkpad" to the kernel parameters at boot time, or the machine will not correctly recognize when the diskette has changed.

==Ports==
Linux supports the EPP parallel port fully.

The 16440-based serial port will also work but is a really awful device and may not keep up with modern serial devices.

The PS/2 port supports mice and keyboards with adaptors.

The 750 has no infrared or USB ports.

==Esoteric Devices==
A couple of devices were available to swap with the 2.88MB floppy drive.
===TV Tuner===
The 750C could use a TV tuner module. I doubt that video capture is possible with this device and that video was sent straight to the display, bypassing the video controller.
===CDPD Modem===
The 750 family (except the 750P) could use the CPDP Mobile Communications Module that allowed one to use old cell phone technology to connect to the telephone network. 14.4 kbps speeds were possible.
==Differences==
===750===
This is the standard, no-frills model. It shipped with IBM's PC-DOS 6.1.
===750Cs===
This model added a color screen. It was a dual-scan color screen, but still, Color!
===750C===
This model added a TFT color screen. It has similar specs to machines made twelve years later. At the time it was one of the best screens available.
===750P===
This model added an untethered pen. It could be used as a mouse or as an input device, like modern tablet PCs. This model shipped with PenDOS as well as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows for Pen Computing, which included handwriting recognition and training software.

The 750P adds an internal 16550-based serial port to handle the pen's data stream. Linux does support input from tablets, but this device has yet to work on Linux.

[[Category:Models]]

750 Family Device Support in Linux

2005-02-28T02:20:07Z

66.41.135.254: /* 750P */

==Overview==
The bad news is that the 750 is old and slow. The good news is that every device type in the family is supported in Linux. More bad news: Getting those device to work in Linux can be hard.

The 750 family has a few models. I will list their similarities first.

==Architecture==
===CPU===
The 750 uses an Intel 80486 running at 33MHz. Desktop CPUs now run 100 times faster. Some models run the CPU at 50MHz on a 25MHz clock. Linux requires an 80386 or better, so we are fine here.

===Memory===
The 750 came with 4MB memory built in and one IC DRAM card slot. It's like PCMCIA, and yet not enough like it to be useful. It has a 64-bit wide memory path that runs at 33MHz for a memory bandwidth of 267MB/s. It can accept a 32MB memory card. Linux will run with this small amount if you are careful.

===Buses===
The 750 uses the ISA bus. This means that the PCMCIA slots are 16-bit or PC Card slots. The memory runs at full CPU speed of 33MHz. The ISA bus runs at (unknown) MHz.

==TrackPoint==
The TrackPoint pointing device is supported perfectly in Linux as a PS/2 mouse.

==Video==
===Controller===
The video controller is the WD 90C24 and the 750 has 1MB video RAM. That's enough for 640x480 at 24 bits per pixel, or 1024x768 at 8 bits per pixel. It has been supported in Linux for some time. However, the chipset and video memory is not detected correctly, meaning hand-tuning of X configuration files is necessary.

Further, the svga driver (which includes this video chip) has not been ported to the most recent versions of X.org or X11R6.

Debian starts X with a display of 320x200 at 8 bpp. 640x480 with 4bpp should be easy and enough for the models without color screens.

There is a VGA connector on the 750 for connecting to an external monitor.
===Display===
====Grayscale====
* The 750 and 750P have a 9.5" STN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. They can display 64 levels of gray and have a contrast ratio of 18:1.
====Color====
* The 750Cs has a 9.5" DSTN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 20:1.
====Active Matrix Color====
* The 750C has a 10.4" TFT LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 100:1.

==Audio==
The 750 uses the Crystal Semiconductor CS4248-KL sound chip. That chip works with Linux in other machines. I have not seen it work on the 750. I believe that is because IBM puts the chip in IO address space that is not normally used in Linux.

The chip can reside at 0x0030, 0x4E30, 0x8E30 or 0xCE30. The last time I tried to pass in the address to the Linux sound driver, it didn't work.

==PCMCIA==
The 750 uses a PCMCIA controller that is well supported in Linux. Nothing special is required to get PC Cards working. Note that only 16-bit cards will work. 32-bit or CardBus cards will not fit in the slots without force and will not work if forced.

==Power==
The 750 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. A fully charged battery in a 750 or 750P could last 12 hours. APM might work. Edit me.

==Hard Disk==
The 750 family came with either a 170MB or 340MB hard drive. Each drive was 17mm think and resided in a caddy that was difficult to disassemble.

The connector shorts pins 1 and 2 so that modern hard drives configure themselves to be the slave drive when they are plugged in. This stops most operating systems from installing correctly. To get newer drives to work, you can either bend or break the pin on the drive. Since laptop drives are usually the only drive in a system, this may not be as bad as it sounds. Instead, you can scrape a trace on the connector in the caddy or on the system board. This means that the older drives will no longer work in the machine.

==Floppy Drive==
The 750 came with a 2.88MB floppy drive. HD diskettes are hard to find nowadays. The floppy works with Linux, but the drive's diskette change status bit is reversed. Compensate for this by adding "floppy=thinkpad" to the kernel parameters at boot time, or the machine will not correctly recognize when the diskette has changed.

==Ports==
Linux supports the EPP parallel port fully.

The 16440-based serial port will also work but is a really awful device and may not keep up with modern serial devices.

The PS/2 port supports mice and keyboards with adaptors.

The 750 has no infrared or USB ports.

==Esoteric Devices==
A couple of devices were available to swap with the 2.88MB floppy drive.
===TV Tuner===
The 750C could use a TV tuner module. I doubt that video capture is possible with this device and that video was sent straight to the display, bypassing the video controller.
===CDPD Modem===
The 750 family (except the 750P) could use the CPDP Mobile Communications Module that allowed one to use old cell phone technology to connect to the telephone network. 14.4 kbps speeds were possible.
==Differences==
===750===
This is the standard, no-frills model. It shipped with IBM's PC-DOS 6.1.
===750Cs===
This model added a color screen. It was a dual-scan color screen, but still, Color!
===750C===
This model added a TFT color screen. It has similar specs to machines made twelve years later. At the time it was one of the best screens available.
===750P===
This model added an untethered pen. It could be used as a mouse or as an input device, like modern tablet PCs. This model shipped with PenDOS as well as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows for Pen Computing, which included handwriting recognition and training software.

The 750P adds an internal 16550-based serial port to handle the pen's data stream. Linux does support input from tablets, but this device has yet to work on Linux.

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==Overview==
The bad news is that the 750 is old and slow. The good news is that every device type in the family is supported in Linux. More bad news: Getting those device to work in Linux can be hard.

The 750 family has a few models. I will list their similarities first.

==Architecture==
===CPU===
The 750 uses an Intel 80486 running at 33MHz. Desktop CPUs now run 100 times faster. Some models run the CPU at 50MHz on a 25MHz clock. Linux requires an 80386 or better, so we are fine here.

===Memory===
The 750 came with 4MB memory built in and one IC DRAM card slot. It's like PCMCIA, and yet not enough like it to be useful. It has a 64-bit wide memory path that runs at 33MHz for a memory bandwidth of 267MB/s. It can accept a 32MB memory card. Linux will run with this small amount if you are careful.

===Buses===
The 750 uses the ISA bus. This means that the PCMCIA slots are 16-bit or PC Card slots. The memory runs at full CPU speed of 33MHz. The ISA bus runs at (unknown) MHz.

==TrackPoint==
The TrackPoint pointing device is supported perfectly in Linux as a PS/2 mouse.

==Video==
===Controller===
The video controller is the WD 90C24 and the 750 has 1MB video RAM. That's enough for 640x480 at 24 bits per pixel, or 1024x768 at 8 bits per pixel. It has been supported in Linux for some time. However, the chipset and video memory is not detected correctly, meaning hand-tuning of X configuration files is necessary.

Further, the svga driver (which includes this video chip) has not been ported to the most recent versions of X.org or X11R6.

Debian starts X with a display of 320x200 at 8 bpp. 640x480 with 4bpp should be easy and enough for the models without color screens.

There is a VGA connector on the 750 for connecting to an external monitor.
===Display===
====Grayscale====
* The 750 and 750P have a 9.5" STN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. They can display 64 levels of gray and have a contrast ratio of 18:1.
====Color====
* The 750Cs has a 9.5" DSTN LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 20:1.
====Active Matrix Color====
* The 750C has a 10.4" TFT LCD panel with 640x480 pixels. It can display 256 colors and has a contrast ratio of 100:1.

==Audio==
The 750 uses the Crystal Semiconductor CS4248-KL sound chip. That chip works with Linux in other machines. I have not seen it work on the 750. I believe that is because IBM puts the chip in IO address space that is not normally used in Linux.

The chip can reside at 0x0030, 0x4E30, 0x8E30 or 0xCE30. The last time I tried to pass in the address to the Linux sound driver, it didn't work.

==PCMCIA==
The 750 uses a PCMCIA controller that is well supported in Linux. Nothing special is required to get PC Cards working. Note that only 16-bit cards will work. 32-bit or CardBus cards will not fit in the slots without force and will not work if forced.

==Power==
The 750 uses Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. A fully charged battery in a 750 or 750P could last 12 hours. APM might work. Edit me.

==Hard Disk==
The 750 family came with either a 170MB or 340MB hard drive. Each drive was 17mm think and resided in a caddy that was difficult to disassemble.

The connector shorts pins 1 and 2 so that modern hard drives configure themselves to be the slave drive when they are plugged in. This stops most operating systems from installing correctly. To get newer drives to work, you can either bend or break the pin on the drive. Since laptop drives are usually the only drive in a system, this may not be as bad as it sounds. Instead, you can scrape a trace on the connector in the caddy or on the system board. This means that the older drives will no longer work in the machine.

==Floppy Drive==
The 750 came with a 2.88MB floppy drive. HD diskettes are hard to find nowadays. The floppy works with Linux, but the drive's diskette change status bit is reversed. Compensate for this by adding "floppy=thinkpad" to the kernel parameters at boot time, or the machine will not correctly recognize when the diskette has changed.

==Ports==
Linux supports the EPP parallel port fully.

The 16440-based serial port will also work but is a really awful device and may not keep up with modern serial devices.

The PS/2 port supports mice and keyboards with adaptors.

The 750 has no infrared or USB ports.

==Esoteric Devices==
A couple of devices were available to swap with the 2.88MB floppy drive.
===TV Tuner===
The 750C could use a TV tuner module. I doubt that video capture is possible with this device and that video was sent straight to the display, bypassing the video controller.
===CDPD Modem===
The 750 family (except the 750P) could use the CPDP Mobile Communications Module that allowed one to use old cell phone technology to connect to the telephone network. 14.4 kbps speeds were possible.
==Differences==
===750===
This is the standard, no-frills model. It shipped with IBM's PC-DOS 6.1.
===750Cs===
This model added a color screen. It was a dual-scan color screen, but still, Color!
===750C===
This model added a TFT color screen. It has similar specs to machines made twelve years later. At the time it was one of the best screens available.
===750P===
This model added an untethered pen. It could be used as a mouse or as an input device, like modern tablet PCs. This model shipped with PenDOS as well as Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows for Pen Computing, which included handwriting recognition and training software.

750 Family Device Support in Linux

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Installation instructions for the ThinkPad 750

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Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad 750 family. This includes the 750, 750C, 750Cs and 750P.

Please choose (or create) the Operating System of interest:

*[[:Category:Gentoo | Gentoo]] [[Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750 | installation]]
*[[750 Family Device Support in Linux]]

[[Category:750]]

Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

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__TOC__
----
===Overview===
Written by Chris Schumann
c schumann at twp dash llc dot com

I know a lot of you out there either already have an old ThinkPad or have access to cheap ones, or are thinking about what these machines can do. Well, they can run Linux. I plan to make mine an SMB file and print server.

In this version of this document, I will tell you how I installed Gentoo Linux on my 750P.

===Requirements===
You need some RAM. The 750 family all came with 4MB RAM built in. That's fine for DOS, but not a modern OS. You can buy a 32MB DRAM card, bringing up the total to 36MB, which is just enough to run a few useful tasks.

You need a bigger hard disk. My 750P came with a 170 MEGABYTE hard disk. The 750 with IBM's latest BIOS can handle 8GB of drive capacity. Any OS (such as DOS) that uses the BIOS for disk access can use 8GB of capacity. Linux and other modern OSes can use larger disks (up to 137GiB) but the boot partition must be entirely below the 8GB boundary. A 4GB drive may be large enough for Gentoo. I'm using a 12GB drive.

You need some way to get files on your machine. I used a network card. Specifically, the LinkSys PCMPC200. It's a 16-bit PCMCIA (PC Card) card that does 100Mbps speeds and has native Linux drivers.

You need another computer. Use this computer to download and make floppy disks and to hold files your 750 will need.

===Assumptions===
* You have installed Linux before
* You have at least read the Gentoo Handbook, or even installed Gentoo
* You are comfortable designing a partition scheme
* You are using a NIC to install Gentoo
* You do NOT want a fine-tuned, ultra-tweaked Gentoo installation after this procedure.

You want a system that works so you can learn Gentoo better and tweak it later, or do it again the way YOU want it done.

===The Steps===
Download the bare.i, install.1, install.2, and pcmcia Slackware floppies. Boot the 750 with the bare.i disk. Insert install.1 when it asks for the root disk. Continue with install.2 when prompted.

Login as root. If you have a 750 or 750P (and its grayscale screen) enter TERM=vt100. Insert your NIC if not done already. Type pcmcia. Configure your card:
ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR broadcast $BCAST netmask $NETMASK

Then make sure you can route to the internet:
route add -net default gw $GTWAY netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1

Make /etc/resolv.conf to include your DNS servers.

Follow section 4, Preparing the Disks, to partition, format, and mount your disk. Remember to ensure your /boot partition is in the first 1024 cylinders or 8GB. Use mke2fs to format them. Be sure to activate your swap partition using swapon. Compiles will take more memory than my 36MB could handle.

Here's what I did after partitioning:
mke2fs /dev/hda6
mke2fs -j /dev/hda8
mkswap /dev/hda7
swapon /dev/hda7
mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/gentoo/boot

Your partition numbers will be different.

'''This section replaces the Gentoo Handbook sections 5.a to 5.d.'''
On another machine, download a stage tarball. I used stage1-x86-2004.3.tar.bz2. Use bunzip2 on that machine to get a tar file. This is important because the Slackware floppies cannot understand a bz2 file. Put that tar file on a web or ftp server. The Slackware floppies cannot mount an SMB share.

Get and extract the stage tar archive:
cd /mnt/gentoo
wget http://othermachine/stage1-x86-2004.3.tar
tar -xvpf stage1-x86-2004.3.tar

Also download the most recent version of portage, unzip it and make the tar archive available via http or ftp. Get and extract that file:
wget http://othermachine/portage-20050225.tar
tar -xvf portage-20050225.tar -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

Note that this portage bz2 file was about 18MB, expanded to a 40MB tarball and took about 500MB of disk space because of the huge number of small files.

'''Continue with Gentoo Handbook section 5.e'''
Continue with the Gentoo Handbook with Installation section 5.e. Configuring the Compile Options.

===Installation Notes===
In step 6.a, Chrooting, you must manually set the GENTOO_MIRRORS and SYNC in your make.conf file because mirrorselect is not available.

You do not need to "emerge --sync" or "emerge-websync" if you used a recent portage archive earlier. "emerge --sync" will usually timeout because the 750 is so slow. This can be configured, but there's no need to do it just yet.

Choose your USE flags carefully. I'm still waiting for '''bootstrap.sh''' to complete. I'm sure I'll have much more to add once I'm ready for more steps.

Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

2005-02-28T01:23:15Z

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Written by Chris Schumann
c schumann at twp dash llc dot com

I know a lot of you out there either already have an old ThinkPad or have access to cheap ones, or are thinking about what these machines can do. Well, they can run Linux. I plan to make mine an SMB file and print server.

In this version of this document, I will tell you how I installed Gentoo Linux on my 750P.

'''Requirements'''

You need some RAM. The 750 family all came with 4MB RAM built in. That's fine for DOS, but not a modern OS. You can buy a 32MB DRAM card, bringing up the total to 36MB, which is just enough to run a few useful tasks.

You need a bigger hard disk. My 750P came with a 170 MEGABYTE hard disk. The 750 with IBM's latest BIOS can handle 8GB of drive capacity. Any OS (such as DOS) that uses the BIOS for disk access can use 8GB of capacity. Linux and other modern OSes can use larger disks (up to 137GiB) but the boot partition must be entirely below the 8GB boundary. A 4GB drive may be large enough for Gentoo. I'm using a 12GB drive.

You need some way to get files on your machine. I used a network card. Specifically, the LinkSys PCMPC200. It's a 16-bit PCMCIA (PC Card) card that does 100Mbps speeds and has native Linux drivers.

You need another computer. Use this computer to download and make floppy disks and to hold files your 750 will need.

'''Assumptions'''

* You have installed Linux before
* You have at least read the Gentoo Handbook, or even installed Gentoo
* You are comfortable designing a partition scheme
* You are using a NIC to install Gentoo
* You do NOT want a fine-tuned, ultra-tweaked Gentoo installation after this procedure.

You want a system that works so you can learn Gentoo better and tweak it later, or do it again the way YOU want it done.

'''The Steps'''

Download the bare.i, install.1, install.2, and pcmcia Slackware floppies. Boot the 750 with the bare.i disk. Insert install.1 when it asks for the root disk. Continue with install.2 when prompted.

Login as root. If you have a 750 or 750P (and its grayscale screen) enter TERM=vt100. Insert your NIC if not done already. Type pcmcia. Configure your card:
ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR broadcast $BCAST netmask $NETMASK

Then make sure you can route to the internet:
route add -net default gw $GTWAY netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1

Make /etc/resolv.conf to include your DNS servers.

Follow section 4, Preparing the Disks, to partition, format, and mount your disk. Remember to ensure your /boot partition is in the first 1024 cylinders or 8GB. Use mke2fs to format them. Be sure to activate your swap partition using swapon. Compiles will take more memory than my 36MB could handle.

Here's what I did after partitioning:
mke2fs /dev/hda6
mke2fs -j /dev/hda8
mkswap /dev/hda7
swapon /dev/hda7
mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/gentoo/boot

Your partition numbers will be different.

============ This section replaces the Gentoo Handbook sections 5.a to 5.d. ============
On another machine, download a stage tarball. I used stage1-x86-2004.3.tar.bz2. Use bunzip2 on that machine to get a tar file. This is important because the Slackware floppies cannot understand a bz2 file. Put that tar file on a web or ftp server. The Slackware floppies cannot mount an SMB share.

Get and extract the stage tar archive:
cd /mnt/gentoo
wget http://othermachine/stage1-x86-2004.3.tar
tar -xvpf stage1-x86-2004.3.tar

Also download the most recent version of portage, unzip it and make the tar archive available via http or ftp. Get and extract that file:
wget http://othermachine/portage-20050225.tar
tar -xvf portage-20050225.tar -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

Note that this portage bz2 file was about 18MB, expanded to a 40MB tarball and took about 500MB of disk space because of the huge number of small files.
============

Continue with the Gentoo Handbook with Installation section 5.e. Configuring the Compile Options.

============ Installation Notes ============
In step 6.a, Chrooting, you must manually set the GENTOO_MIRRORS and SYNC in your make.conf file because mirrorselect is not available.

You do not need to "emerge --sync" or "emerge-websync" if you used a recent portage archive earlier. "emerge --sync" will usually timeout because the 750 is so slow. This can be configured, but there's no need to do it just yet.

Choose your USE flags carefully. I'm still waiting for '''bootstrap.sh''' to complete. I'm sure I'll have much more to add once I'm ready for more steps.

Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

2005-02-28T01:16:18Z

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Written by Chris Schumann
c schumann at twp dash llc dot com

I know a lot of you out there either already have an old ThinkPad or have access to cheap ones, or are thinking about what these machines can do. Well, they can run Linux. I plan to make mine an SMB file and print server.

In this version of this document, I will tell you how I installed Gentoo Linux on my 750P.

'''Requirements'''

You need some RAM. The 750 family all came with 4MB RAM built in. That's fine for DOS, but not a modern OS. You can buy a 32MB DRAM card, bringing up the total to 36MB, which is just enough to run a few useful tasks.

You need a bigger hard disk. My 750P came with a 170 MEGABYTE hard disk. The 750 with IBM's latest BIOS can handle 8GB of drive capacity. Any OS (such as DOS) that uses the BIOS for disk access can use 8GB of capacity. Linux and other modern OSes can use larger disks (up to 137GiB) but the boot partition must be entirely below the 8GB boundary. A 4GB drive may be large enough for Gentoo. I'm using a 12GB drive.

You need some way to get files on your machine. I used a network card. Specifically, the LinkSys PCMPC200. It's a 16-bit PCMCIA (PC Card) card that does 100Mbps speeds and has native Linux drivers.

You need another computer. Use this computer to download and make floppy disks and to hold files your 750 will need.

'''Assumptions'''

* You have installed Linux before
* You have at least read the Gentoo Handbook, or even installed Gentoo
* You are comfortable designing a partition scheme
* You are using a NIC to install Gentoo
* You do NOT want a fine-tuned, ultra-tweaked Gentoo installation after this procedure.

You want a system that works so you can learn Gentoo better and tweak it later, or do it again the way YOU want it done.

'''The Steps'''

Download the bare.i, install.1, install.2, and pcmcia Slackware floppies. Boot the 750 with the bare.i disk. Insert install.1 when it asks for the root disk. Continue with install.2 when prompted.

Login as root. If you have a 750 or 750P (and its grayscale screen) enter TERM=vt100. Insert your NIC if not done already. Type pcmcia. Configure your card:

ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR broadcast $BCAST netmask $NETMASK

Then make sure you can route to the internet:
route add -net default gw $GTWAY netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1

Make /etc/resolv.conf to include your DNS servers.

Follow section 4, Preparing the Disks, to partition, format, and mount your disk. Remember to ensure your /boot partition is in the first 1024 cylinders or 8GB. Use mke2fs to format them. Be sure to activate your swap partition using swapon. Compiles will take more memory than my 36MB could handle.

Here's what I did after partitioning:
mke2fs /dev/hda6
mke2fs -j /dev/hda8
mkswap /dev/hda7
swapon /dev/hda7
mkdir /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda8 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/hda6 /mnt/gentoo/boot

Your partition numbers will be different.

============ This section replaces the Gentoo Handbook sections 5.a to 5.d. ============
On another machine, download a stage tarball. I used stage1-x86-2004.3.tar.bz2. Use bunzip2 on that machine to get a tar file. This is important because the Slackware floppies cannot understand a bz2 file. Put that tar file on a web or ftp server. The Slackware floppies cannot mount an SMB share.

cd /mnt/gentoo
wget http://othermachine/stage1-x86-2004.3.tar
tar -xvpf stage1-x86-2004.3.tar

Also download the most recent version of portage, unzip it and make the tar archive available via http or ftp. Get and extract that file.

wget http://othermachine/portage-20050225.tar
tar -xvf portage-20050225.tar -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

Note that this portage bz2 file was about 18MB, expanded to a 40MB tarball and took about 500MB of disk space because of the huge number of small files.
============

Continue with the Gentoo Handbook with Installation section 5.e. Configuring the Compile Options.

============ Installation Notes ============
In step 6.a, Chrooting, you must manually set the GENTOO_MIRRORS and SYNC in your make.conf file because mirrorselect is not available.

You do not need to "emerge --sync" or "emerge-websync" if you used a recent portage archive earlier. "emerge --sync" will usually timeout because the 750 is so slow. This can be configured, but there's no need to do it just yet.

Choose your USE flags carefully. I'm still waiting for '''bootstrap.sh''' to complete. I'm sure I'll have much more to add once I'm ready for more steps.

Installation instructions for the ThinkPad 750

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Installation

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== Operating system installation on Thinkpads ==

Here you will find specific information on how to install different Operation Systems on your Thinkpad.

[http://www.linux-laptop.net Linux on Laptops] has created a [http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html list of installation guides for IBM Notebooks].

*[[Installation steps which apply to every Thinkpad model]]

Choose (or create) your Thinkpad version :

*[[Installation instructions for the PC110 | PC110]]
*[[Installation instructions for the RS/6000 Notebook 860 | RS/6000 Notebook 860]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad 750 series | ThinkPad 750/C/Cs/P]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad A30p | Thinkpad A30p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad R31 | Thinkpad R31]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad R40 | Thinkpad R40]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad R50 | Thinkpad R50]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T23 | Thinkpad T23]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T40p | Thinkpad T40p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T41p | Thinkpad T41p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T42 | Thinkpad T42]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T42p | Thinkpad T42p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad X31 | Thinkpad X31]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad X40 | Thinkpad X40]]

Installation

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== Operating system installation on Thinkpads ==

Here you will find specific information on how to install different Operation Systems on your Thinkpad.

[http://www.linux-laptop.net Linux on Laptops] has created a [http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html list of installation guides for IBM Notebooks].

*[[Installation steps which apply to every Thinkpad model]]

Choose (or create) your Thinkpad version :

*[[Installation instructions for the PC110 | PC110]]
*[[Installation instructions for the RS/6000 Notebook 860 | RS/6000 Notebook 860]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad 750 series]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad A30p | Thinkpad A30p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad R31 | Thinkpad R31]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad R40 | Thinkpad R40]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad R50 | Thinkpad R50]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T23 | Thinkpad T23]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T40p | Thinkpad T40p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T41p | Thinkpad T41p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T42 | Thinkpad T42]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad T42p | Thinkpad T42p]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad X31 | Thinkpad X31]]
*[[Installation instructions for the Thinkpad X40 | Thinkpad X40]]

Pre-Installation steps

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==Backup/Rescue CD Set==

The preinstalled WinXP on most modern Thinkpads comes with a software to create rescue discs. It can be found in the "Access IBM" section of the Windows menu. I recommend to create a set of rescue discs before you repartition the drive. When you create the rescue discs, use a CD-R for the first volume (it's only 280 Megs) and then DVD-R. Otherwise you will end up with seven CD-Rs.

The copy of Windows that came with your machine cannot be legally transferred to any other machine. Leave the license sticker intact for when the machine is sold, or if you just have to dual boot.

==Resizing your Windows Partition==

If you want to keep your WinXP partition and you do not want to shell out lots of money for PartitionMagic, you can use [http://mlf.linux.rulez.org/mlf/ezaz/ntfsresize.html ntfsresize]. I recommend booting [[:Category:Kanotix | Kanotix]] or [[:Category:Knoppix | Knoppix]], getting it online and using the latest version to be found at the ntfsresize link because the CD linuxes tend to come with slightly out-dated versions. Be sure not to forget to resize your Windows partition (e.g. with cfdisk) AFTER having resized ntfs and TAKE CARE not to make the partition smaller than you made the ntfs. If you like it safe and smooth you can also take a look at the program "qtparted" which reportedly takes care of ntfsresize and partition table changing in one go and allows you to adjust partition sizes in a GUI. But I have not tested this software personally.