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Installing Ubuntu 6.04 on a ThinkPad T60

2006-11-01T04:23:05Z

Dananderson: +cat

Installation of Ubuntu 6.04 alpha flight 5 on a T60 (2623D6U).

== Installation of Ubuntu 6.04 alpha Flight 5 ==

* Downloaded CD ISO of Ubuntu's Dapper flight 5 (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight5).
* The installer's partitioner allowed me to resize the Windows partition down to 10 GB. I left the IBM recovery partition alone and created three partitions for the Linux system: / (8GB), /usr (8GB), and /home (46.8 GB).
* The installer recognized the network card (unlike Ubuntu 5.10), and the installer downloaded a fair number of packages.

== Fixes ==

* X wouldn't start. I changed the driver in xorg.conf from "ati" to "vesa".

[[Category:Ubuntu]]
[[Category:T60]]

Installing SuSE 10.1 on a ThinkPad X41 Tablet

2006-11-01T04:19:35Z

Dananderson: +cat

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|-
| '''Item''' || '''Working''' || '''Notes'''
|-
| '''3d Acceleration:''' ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || works out of the box
|-
| '''Screen Rotation:''' ||class="diff-deletedline"| Partially || requires configuration, no xrandr support
|-
| '''Sound:''' ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || works out of the box
|-
| '''Network & Wireless:''' ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || works out of the box
|-
| '''ACPI:''' ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || non-tablet related features work out of the box
|-
| '''Bluetooth (some models):''' || ? || untested
|-
| '''Fingerprint reader (some models):''' || ? || untested
|-
| '''Hard Drive Advanced Protection System:''' ||class="diff-deletedline"| Partially || no userspace capabilities, see comments
|-
| '''Tablet Features:''' ||class="diff-addedline"| Yes || requires configuration
|}

==Pre-Installation Considerations==
First off, you need to figure out a way to boot from something other than the hard disk. Other HOWTOs here will explain how to do network booting, etc, but I sincerely recommend investing in a USB drive, preferably a DVD burner. If you shelled out the money to get one of these laptops, they're dirt cheap in comparison, and will save you a LOT of time, frustration, and hassle. I ran down to Microcenter and got the cheapest one, and it works flawlessly. You can use this to boot from the SuSE DVD or CDs.

==Installation==
====Partitioning====
''If you know what you're doing here, you can skip this.''
*''Are you going to need to resize your hard disk partitions in the future?''
I'm not talking about your Windoze partitions, those are a given. If you're going to need to resize your Linux partitions in the future, then you'll want to do the main (root) Linux partition with '''RieserFS'''. It's decently fast, reliable, and you can resize it if you need to. If you are not going to resize down the line, use '''XFS''' for your main (root) partition. This is Linux on steroids, and is the preferable option, but you cannot shrink it or move it, and you can only grow it from the end ;-)
Either way, when you get to the big screen full of configuration options (you'll know it when you see it), click on the '''Expert''' tab on the top, and then go down in the big long menu to '''Partitioning'''. Select '''Custom Configuration''', and then with whatever space you have for Linux set up the following:
* 1. A '''1Gb''' partition formatted with '''SWAP''', mounted as '''swap'''
* 2. '''75%''' of the remaining space formatted as either '''ReiserFS''' or '''XFS''', mounted as '''/'''
* 3. '''25%''' of the remaining space formatted as '''Ext3''' and mounted as '''/local'''
**''The /local partition is optional, and you can mount it as whatever you want. The purpose is to give you a partition to backup onto. Ext3 is sort of the "generic" linux partition type, and you can read it from a variety of different opperating systems and tools.''
**''If you have Windoze partitions or others on the drive (including the restore partition, if you kept it), you will need to make some or all of these '''Logical Partitions''' of an '''Extended Partition'''. Google around for more info on this.''

====Package Selection====
''If you know what you're doing here, you can skip this.''

Search for the following item, and be sure to install everything that pops up:
*'''wacom'''
If you're going to use Xgl (see further down), also install what pops up from:
*'''xgl'''
*'''compiz'''
Also install everything in the following groups:
*'''Graphical Base System'''
*'''KDE Desktop Environment'''
*'''All of KDE'''
*'''Laptop'''
*'''C/C++ Compiler and Tools'''
**''You will need the non-oss packages for things like the wireless to work.''

Consider this the minimum selection, I would advise installing the Kernel, KDE and GNOME development sections also, as they will help considerably when building packages. You can always install/uninstall packages later. Search for any popular Linux apps you like, they're probably on the CDs/DVD somewhere ;-) Overall, it's best to install too much rather than too little. You never know when you're going to need a particular library or program, and most packages are relatively small. The exception to this is drivers, if you don't have the hardware, you're not going to need the driver. If you have limited hard drive space, then consider trimming the selection down a bit.

==Xorg/Tablet Setup==
Time to make a choice:
*'''Are you going to use Xql?'''

''If so, skip down to the next section. If you don't know what Xgl is, aren't sure whether you want to use it, or know you don't want to use it, then follow this to setup Xorg. You can always setup Xgl later.''

==Xgl/Tablet Setup==

==Screen Rotation==

==Hotkey Configuration==

==HDAPS Notes==

[[Category:SUSE]]

Madwifi

2006-10-31T23:01:12Z

Dananderson: /* Packages */ Add suse and other distribution packages

== Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi ==
Linux driver for 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards - Cardbus, PCI, or miniPCI - using Atheros chip sets.

The following adapters sold by IBM use the Atheros chips:
* [[IBM Dual-Band 11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]
* [[ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter]]
* IBM 802.11a Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter
* IBM 11 a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter

=== Project Homepage ===
http://www.madwifi.org (old page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi)

=== Packages ===
*Official {{Debian}} packages in the [http://packages.debian.org/src:madwifi non-free section]. See also the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-madwifi/ Alioth project page] and the [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian Madwifi wiki].
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.users.tpg.com.au/sigm/misc/madwiki.txt
*{{Fedora}} Packages(1): http://rpm.livna.org
*{{Fedora}} Packages(2): http://www.atrpms.net/name/madwifi/
*{{Gentoo}} ebuild: {{cmduser|emerge net-wireless/madwifi-driver net-wireless/madwifi-tools}}
*{{SUSE}} Packages http://www.madwifi.org/suse/
*{{Ubuntu}} Package: {{cmduser|sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`}}
*[http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi MadWifi packages and source] for these and other distributions

=== Source ===

Detailed instructions can be found [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi on the MadWiFi Wiki].

* Daily snapshots: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/
* madwifi-ng:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi-ng}}
* madwifi-old:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/branches/madwifi-old madwifi-old}}

=== Installation ===

*Make sure that you've got sysctl support and the net/radio enabled (wireless extensions) in your kernel. Install the driver with make & make install
* further more you like to install the wireless tools from [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html wireless tools]. Make sure the versions fit together by
:{{cmduser|iwconfig --version}}

Setting up [[wpa_supplicant]] with wpa-psk.

You can enable the wireless LAN status LED on your Thinkpad by following [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs these instructions] (tested on Thinkpad x60s).

=== Status ===
in development, usable

=== OpenSource HAL ===
The "official" driver consists of an opensource wrapper with binary HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). This HAL is not a binary firmware like with the Intel Wireless chips, but a piece of code that needs to runs in the Linux kernel.
The vendors reasoning behind this is, that since the Atheros chip could be tuned to any frequency, and hence interfere with systems operating in those frequencies, that we simply need to accept this binary module.<br>
Obviously this binary HAL is unacceptable to the Linux kernel developers, and the Atheros driver in this state will never become part of the official kernel.<br>
Some OpenBSD developers facing the same issue, reverse engineered the binary HAL and have produced an OpenSource version. Hopefully a driver based on this might be included with the Linux kernel at some point in time, and picked up by the mainstream distributions.

=== Problems with system-config-network and Fedora Core 5 ===
If you use the livna repository to install madwifi for Fedora Core 5, it doesn't correctly update the modprobe configuration files. A [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187640 bug] has been filed. The quick fix is to move the lines that were in
/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi into /etc/modprobe.conf and system-config-network now can configure the card.

===Using Madwifi with SUSE Linux 10.1===
As of [[Category:SUSE SUSE Linux]] 10.1, the Madwifi packages are no longer included in the SUSE distribution because of the presence of closed source code. However, I was able to download, install, and configure Madwifi for my [[:Category:T40|IBM T40]] with the
[[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter|IBM 11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (Atheros AR5212 802.11abg)]] as follows:
* Start yast2 and select Software--Installation Source. Add http://madwifi.org/suse/ as a source
* Install packages <tt>madwifi</tt> and <tt>madwifi-kmp-default</tt> (the latter has the kernel module, replace <tt>default</tt> with <tt>smp</tt> or other non-default kernel package if you're not running the default Suse kernel package as determined by <tt>uname -r</tt>)
* Reboot so the kernel modules can be loaded.
* Load the kernel modules by hand and see if the kernel recognizes your hardware:
<tt>modprobe aes; modprobe wlan_ccmp; modprobe ath_pci; lsmod |egrep 'Module|aes|wlan|ath'</tt>
* If recognized, put the modprobe lines above in your <tt>/etc/init.d/boot.local</tt> file. Otherwise, check for Linux kernel/Madwifi incompatibilities and hardware issues.
* Start yast2 and go to Network Devices-->Network Card and add and configure your wireless card. I recommmend checking the "Network Manager" box, as that allows dynamic GUI control over the wireless and Ethernet NICs.
* I have WPA-PSK enabled, so here's the fields I filled out: "User Controlled" device activation, DHCP Automatic Address Setup, "Managed" operating mode, "any" ESSID, "WPA-PSK" auth mode, key input type "passphrase" and I typed in my passphrase. I left expert settings alone.

=== Related links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org/wiki MadWiFi Wiki]
* [http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/ OpenSource Atheros HAL]
* [http://www.ath-driver.org/ OpenSource Atheros driver for Linux]

[[Category:Drivers]]

Madwifi

2006-10-31T22:57:55Z

Dananderson: /* Using Madwifi with SUSE Linux 10.1 */

== Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi ==
Linux driver for 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards - Cardbus, PCI, or miniPCI - using Atheros chip sets.

The following adapters sold by IBM use the Atheros chips:
* [[IBM Dual-Band 11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]
* [[ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter]]
* IBM 802.11a Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter
* IBM 11 a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter

=== Project Homepage ===
http://www.madwifi.org (old page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi)

=== Packages ===
*Official {{Debian}} packages in the [http://packages.debian.org/src:madwifi non-free section]. See also the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-madwifi/ Alioth project page] and the [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian Madwifi wiki].
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.users.tpg.com.au/sigm/misc/madwiki.txt
*{{Fedora}} Packages(1): http://rpm.livna.org
*{{Fedora}} Packages(2): http://www.atrpms.net/name/madwifi/
*{{Ubuntu}} Package: {{cmduser|sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`}}
*{{Gentoo}} ebuild: {{cmduser|emerge net-wireless/madwifi-driver net-wireless/madwifi-tools}}

=== Source ===

Detailed instructions can be found [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi on the MadWiFi Wiki].

* Daily snapshots: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/
* madwifi-ng:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi-ng}}
* madwifi-old:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/branches/madwifi-old madwifi-old}}

=== Installation ===

*Make sure that you've got sysctl support and the net/radio enabled (wireless extensions) in your kernel. Install the driver with make & make install
* further more you like to install the wireless tools from [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html wireless tools]. Make sure the versions fit together by
:{{cmduser|iwconfig --version}}

Setting up [[wpa_supplicant]] with wpa-psk.

You can enable the wireless LAN status LED on your Thinkpad by following [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs these instructions] (tested on Thinkpad x60s).

=== Status ===
in development, usable

=== OpenSource HAL ===
The "official" driver consists of an opensource wrapper with binary HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). This HAL is not a binary firmware like with the Intel Wireless chips, but a piece of code that needs to runs in the Linux kernel.
The vendors reasoning behind this is, that since the Atheros chip could be tuned to any frequency, and hence interfere with systems operating in those frequencies, that we simply need to accept this binary module.<br>
Obviously this binary HAL is unacceptable to the Linux kernel developers, and the Atheros driver in this state will never become part of the official kernel.<br>
Some OpenBSD developers facing the same issue, reverse engineered the binary HAL and have produced an OpenSource version. Hopefully a driver based on this might be included with the Linux kernel at some point in time, and picked up by the mainstream distributions.

=== Problems with system-config-network and Fedora Core 5 ===
If you use the livna repository to install madwifi for Fedora Core 5, it doesn't correctly update the modprobe configuration files. A [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187640 bug] has been filed. The quick fix is to move the lines that were in
/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi into /etc/modprobe.conf and system-config-network now can configure the card.

===Using Madwifi with SUSE Linux 10.1===
As of [[Category:SUSE SUSE Linux]] 10.1, the Madwifi packages are no longer included in the SUSE distribution because of the presence of closed source code. However, I was able to download, install, and configure Madwifi for my [[:Category:T40|IBM T40]] with the
[[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter|IBM 11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (Atheros AR5212 802.11abg)]] as follows:
* Start yast2 and select Software--Installation Source. Add http://madwifi.org/suse/ as a source
* Install packages <tt>madwifi</tt> and <tt>madwifi-kmp-default</tt> (the latter has the kernel module, replace <tt>default</tt> with <tt>smp</tt> or other non-default kernel package if you're not running the default Suse kernel package as determined by <tt>uname -r</tt>)
* Reboot so the kernel modules can be loaded.
* Load the kernel modules by hand and see if the kernel recognizes your hardware:
<tt>modprobe aes; modprobe wlan_ccmp; modprobe ath_pci; lsmod |egrep 'Module|aes|wlan|ath'</tt>
* If recognized, put the modprobe lines above in your <tt>/etc/init.d/boot.local</tt> file. Otherwise, check for Linux kernel/Madwifi incompatibilities and hardware issues.
* Start yast2 and go to Network Devices-->Network Card and add and configure your wireless card. I recommmend checking the "Network Manager" box, as that allows dynamic GUI control over the wireless and Ethernet NICs.
* I have WPA-PSK enabled, so here's the fields I filled out: "User Controlled" device activation, DHCP Automatic Address Setup, "Managed" operating mode, "any" ESSID, "WPA-PSK" auth mode, key input type "passphrase" and I typed in my passphrase. I left expert settings alone.

=== Related links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org/wiki MadWiFi Wiki]
* [http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/ OpenSource Atheros HAL]
* [http://www.ath-driver.org/ OpenSource Atheros driver for Linux]

[[Category:Drivers]]

Madwifi

2006-10-31T21:14:37Z

Dananderson: /* Using Madwifi with SUSE Linux 10.1 */ wikilink

== Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi ==
Linux driver for 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards - Cardbus, PCI, or miniPCI - using Atheros chip sets.

The following adapters sold by IBM use the Atheros chips:
* [[IBM Dual-Band 11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]
* [[ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter]]
* IBM 802.11a Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter
* IBM 11 a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter

=== Project Homepage ===
http://www.madwifi.org (old page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi)

=== Packages ===
*Official {{Debian}} packages in the [http://packages.debian.org/src:madwifi non-free section]. See also the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-madwifi/ Alioth project page] and the [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian Madwifi wiki].
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.users.tpg.com.au/sigm/misc/madwiki.txt
*{{Fedora}} Packages(1): http://rpm.livna.org
*{{Fedora}} Packages(2): http://www.atrpms.net/name/madwifi/
*{{Ubuntu}} Package: {{cmduser|sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`}}
*{{Gentoo}} ebuild: {{cmduser|emerge net-wireless/madwifi-driver net-wireless/madwifi-tools}}

=== Source ===

Detailed instructions can be found [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi on the MadWiFi Wiki].

* Daily snapshots: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/
* madwifi-ng:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi-ng}}
* madwifi-old:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/branches/madwifi-old madwifi-old}}

=== Installation ===

*Make sure that you've got sysctl support and the net/radio enabled (wireless extensions) in your kernel. Install the driver with make & make install
* further more you like to install the wireless tools from [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html wireless tools]. Make sure the versions fit together by
:{{cmduser|iwconfig --version}}

Setting up [[wpa_supplicant]] with wpa-psk.

You can enable the wireless LAN status LED on your Thinkpad by following [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs these instructions] (tested on Thinkpad x60s).

=== Status ===
in development, usable

=== OpenSource HAL ===
The "official" driver consists of an opensource wrapper with binary HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). This HAL is not a binary firmware like with the Intel Wireless chips, but a piece of code that needs to runs in the Linux kernel.
The vendors reasoning behind this is, that since the Atheros chip could be tuned to any frequency, and hence interfere with systems operating in those frequencies, that we simply need to accept this binary module.<br>
Obviously this binary HAL is unacceptable to the Linux kernel developers, and the Atheros driver in this state will never become part of the official kernel.<br>
Some OpenBSD developers facing the same issue, reverse engineered the binary HAL and have produced an OpenSource version. Hopefully a driver based on this might be included with the Linux kernel at some point in time, and picked up by the mainstream distributions.

=== Problems with system-config-network and Fedora Core 5 ===
If you use the livna repository to install madwifi for Fedora Core 5, it doesn't correctly update the modprobe configuration files. A [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187640 bug] has been filed. The quick fix is to move the lines that were in
/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi into /etc/modprobe.conf and system-config-network now can configure the card.

===Using Madwifi with SUSE Linux 10.1===
As of [[Category:SUSE SUSE Linux]] 10.1, the Madwifi packages are no longer included in the SUSE distribution because of the presence of closed source code. However, I was able to download, install, and configure Madwifi for my [[:Category:T40|IBM T40]] with the
[[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter|IBM 11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (Atheros AR5212 802.11abg)]] as follows:
* Start yast2 and select Software--Installation Source. Add http://madwifi.org/suse/ as a source
* Install packages <tt>madwifi</tt> and <tt>madwifi-kmp-default</tt> (the latter has the kernel module, replace <tt>default</tt> with <tt>smp</tt> or other non-default kernel package if you're not running the default Suse kernel package as determined by <tt>uname -r</tt>)
* Reboot so the kernel modules can be loaded.
* Load the kernel modules by hand and see if the kernel recognizes your hardware:
<tt>modprobe aes; modprobe wlan_ccmp; modprobe ath_pci; lsmod |egrep 'Module|aes|wlan|ath'</tt>
* If recognized, put the modprobe lines above in your <tt>/etc/init.d/boot.local</tt> file. Otherwise, check for Linux kernel/Madwifi incompatibilities and hardware issues.
* Start yast2 and go to Network Devices-->Network Card and configure your wireless card. I recommmend checking the "Network Manager" box, as that allows dynamic GUI control over the wireless and Ethernet NICs.
* I have WPA-PSK enabled, so here's the fields I filled out: "User Controlled" device activation, DHCP Automatic Address Setup, "Managed" operating mode, "any" ESSID, "WPA-PSK" auth mode, key input type "passphrase" and I typed in my passphrase. I left expert settings alone.

=== Related links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org/wiki MadWiFi Wiki]
* [http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/ OpenSource Atheros HAL]
* [http://www.ath-driver.org/ OpenSource Atheros driver for Linux]

[[Category:Drivers]]

Madwifi

2006-10-31T21:04:30Z

Dananderson: Added SUSE and Madwifi

== Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi ==
Linux driver for 802.11a/b/g universal NIC cards - Cardbus, PCI, or miniPCI - using Atheros chip sets.

The following adapters sold by IBM use the Atheros chips:
* [[IBM Dual-Band 11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter]]
* [[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II]]
* [[ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter]]
* IBM 802.11a Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter
* IBM 11 a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter

=== Project Homepage ===
http://www.madwifi.org (old page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi)

=== Packages ===
*Official {{Debian}} packages in the [http://packages.debian.org/src:madwifi non-free section]. See also the [http://alioth.debian.org/projects/pkg-madwifi/ Alioth project page] and the [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/Distro/Debian Madwifi wiki].
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi
*{{Debian}} Packages: http://www.users.tpg.com.au/sigm/misc/madwiki.txt
*{{Fedora}} Packages(1): http://rpm.livna.org
*{{Fedora}} Packages(2): http://www.atrpms.net/name/madwifi/
*{{Ubuntu}} Package: {{cmduser|sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`}}
*{{Gentoo}} ebuild: {{cmduser|emerge net-wireless/madwifi-driver net-wireless/madwifi-tools}}

=== Source ===

Detailed instructions can be found [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi on the MadWiFi Wiki].

* Daily snapshots: http://snapshots.madwifi.org/
* madwifi-ng:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi-ng}}
* madwifi-old:
:{{cmduser|svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/branches/madwifi-old madwifi-old}}

=== Installation ===

*Make sure that you've got sysctl support and the net/radio enabled (wireless extensions) in your kernel. Install the driver with make & make install
* further more you like to install the wireless tools from [http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html wireless tools]. Make sure the versions fit together by
:{{cmduser|iwconfig --version}}

Setting up [[wpa_supplicant]] with wpa-psk.

You can enable the wireless LAN status LED on your Thinkpad by following [http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs these instructions] (tested on Thinkpad x60s).

=== Status ===
in development, usable

=== OpenSource HAL ===
The "official" driver consists of an opensource wrapper with binary HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). This HAL is not a binary firmware like with the Intel Wireless chips, but a piece of code that needs to runs in the Linux kernel.
The vendors reasoning behind this is, that since the Atheros chip could be tuned to any frequency, and hence interfere with systems operating in those frequencies, that we simply need to accept this binary module.<br>
Obviously this binary HAL is unacceptable to the Linux kernel developers, and the Atheros driver in this state will never become part of the official kernel.<br>
Some OpenBSD developers facing the same issue, reverse engineered the binary HAL and have produced an OpenSource version. Hopefully a driver based on this might be included with the Linux kernel at some point in time, and picked up by the mainstream distributions.

=== Problems with system-config-network and Fedora Core 5 ===
If you use the livna repository to install madwifi for Fedora Core 5, it doesn't correctly update the modprobe configuration files. A [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187640 bug] has been filed. The quick fix is to move the lines that were in
/etc/modprobe.d/madwifi into /etc/modprobe.conf and system-config-network now can configure the card.

===Using Madwifi with SUSE Linux 10.1===
As of [[Category:SUSE SUSE Linux]] 10.1, the Madwifi packages are no longer included in the SUSE distribution because of the presence of closed source code. However, I was able to download, install, and configure Madwifi for my IBM T40 with the
[[IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter|IBM 11a/b/g Wireless Adapter (Atheros AR5212 802.11abg)]] as follows:
* Start yast2 and select Software--Installation Source. Add http://madwifi.org/suse/ as a source
* Install packages <tt>madwifi</tt> and <tt>madwifi-kmp-default</tt> (the latter has the kernel module, replace <tt>default</tt> with <tt>smp</tt> or other non-default kernel package if you're not running the default Suse kernel package as determined by <tt>uname -r</tt>)
* Reboot so the kernel modules can be loaded.
* Load the kernel modules by hand and see if the kernel recognizes your hardware:
<tt>modprobe aes; modprobe wlan_ccmp; modprobe ath_pci; lsmod |egrep 'Module|aes|wlan|ath'</tt>
* If recognized, put the modprobe lines above in your <tt>/etc/init.d/boot.local</tt> file. Otherwise, check for Linux kernel/Madwifi incompatibilities and hardware issues.
* Start yast2 and go to Network Devices-->Network Card and configure your wireless card. I recommmend checking the "Network Manager" box, as that allows dynamic GUI control over the wireless and Ethernet NICs.
* I have WPA-PSK enabled, so here's the fields I filled out: "User Controlled" device activation, DHCP Automatic Address Setup, "Managed" operating mode, "any" ESSID, "WPA-PSK" auth mode, key input type "passphrase" and I typed in my passphrase. I left expert settings alone.

=== Related links ===
* [http://www.madwifi.org/wiki MadWiFi Wiki]
* [http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/ OpenSource Atheros HAL]
* [http://www.ath-driver.org/ OpenSource Atheros driver for Linux]

[[Category:Drivers]]

Category:Operating System

2005-11-02T04:29:17Z

Dananderson: Add category

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Operating System ===
This page gives information about these various Operating System.
</div>

An ''Operating System'' is software that controls and manages hardware and performs basic file and device management tasks. Operating System software separates hardware details and complexities from ''Application Software,'' allowing applications to run unchanged on a wide variety of hardware platforms.

[[Category:Glossary]]

How to copy a Windows installation

2005-11-01T23:47:48Z

Dananderson: Add Windows category

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#efefef; align:right;">
This page provides assistance in seemlessly copying a working Windows installation to a new partition/harddrive, so that afterwards it seems like nothing has happened.
</div>
|}
==Filesystem based copy of Windows 2000 or XP==
{{WARN|If you follow these instructions, you do it on your own risk. Even though this process was successfully executed at least once, no success is guarantied and data loss can happen. Since no modification to your old harddisk is done, data loss is unlikely. However, it is possible.}}

{{NOTE|A similar process, however, involving a (temporary) second Windows installation has proven to be reliable. It is safer to do the copy from a second Windows installation since then the running system doesn't interfere with the files copied. The steps needed in this case are very similar.
}}
If you want to transfer a working Windows 2000 or XP installation to a new harddrive, the following method has proven reliable. After the process your system will boot into the new system as if nothing would have happened.

===The Process===
The outline of the process is as follows:
#We use Windows to partition your new harddrive and format the new Windows partition.
#We copy the whole content of your old Windows partition to the destination partition.
#We tweak the registry on the destination partition.
#We boot the destination partition.

===The Advantages===
*After the process your new Windows will be exactly the same as the old one (see notes below).
*Since we use Windows to partition the new drive we make sure the partition table is compatible.
*Since the copy is filesystem based, your new installation will automatically be defragmented.
*Your destination can be bigger (or even smaller) than the source one, without the need of using tools like ntfsresize afterwards.
*We only use builtin tools, except for scopy, which is part of the Windows NT Server Resource Kit.

===Prerequsites===
*This guide assumes that you can connect a second harddrive to your ThinkPad, be it via USB, [[PCMCIA]] or a [[UltraBay]] harddrive adapter.
*Get scopy from [http://gamma.nic.fi/~point/files/scopy.exe here] and place it on your old partition.

===Preparation===
*Attach the new harddrive to your ThinkPad.
*Boot up your Windows installation.
*Open the Disk Management Interface and partition your new harddrive. Set the partition that your system should be copied to as active. Also assign a drive letter, we will assume it is {{path|T:}} .
*Format this partition as NTFS in long format. This is important, because else the boot sector will not be installed to that partition.

===Copying===
Open the command line interface (cmd.exe) and use scopy to copy all files from your old partition to the new one. Lets assume, your old system is on {{path|C:}}, then the command would be:
:<tt><path_to_scopy>\scopy.exe C:\*.* T:\ /a /o /s</tt>
We do this with scopy, because scopy preserves NTFS file attributes and access rights while copying.

Wait patiently till the copy is finished. You can now open T: in your Windows explorer to check if things went well.

===Adjusting drive letters===
*After the copy finished, open regedit.
*Mark <tt>HKEY_USERS</tt> and select "Load Hive..." from the "File" menu. Open {{path|T:\WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM}}.
*You will be promptet for a name for the new hive, you may use i.e. "TEMP". The new hive will be attached to <tt>HKEY_USERS</tt>.
*Expand <tt>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM</tt> and select the <tt>MountedDevices</tt> key there.
*DoubleClick <tt>"\DosDevices\T:"</tt> and mark the whole binary value. Press {{key|Ctrl}}{{key|C}} to copy the value.
*Expand <tt>HKEY_USERS\TEMP</tt> and select the <tt>MountedDevices</tt> key there.
*DoubleClick <tt>"\DosDevices\C:"</tt> and mark the whole binary value. Press {{key|Ctrl}}{{key|V}} to replace it with the copied value.
*Mark <tt>HKEY_USERS\TEMP</tt> and select "Unload Hive..." from the "File" menu. Confirm the request.
*Close regedit.
*Shutdown Windows.

===Booting the new System===
Now, replace your old internal harddrive with the new one and power up your system again. The new system should boot as if nothing happened.

===External Sources===
*This article is based on information found on http://gamma.nic.fi/~point/win2copy.htm.

[[Category:Windows]]

Linux

2005-11-01T23:46:13Z

Dananderson: Add category

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the [[wikipedia:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] , the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone.

Read a more detailed description at [[Wikipedia:Linux|Wikipedia]].

General information about Linux can also be found at [http://www.linux.org www.linux.org].

[[Category:Glossary]]
[[Category:Operating System]]

Category:Operating System

2005-11-01T23:45:45Z

Dananderson: Create

Category:Windows

2005-11-01T23:40:31Z

Dananderson: Add OS category

{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:middle;padding-right:20px;width:10px;" | [[Image:Smallwindowslogo.jpg|175px|left|Official Microsoft Windows Logo]]
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Windows ===
This page gives an introduction to Windows and an overview of related articles.
</div>
|}
{| style="vertical-align:top;margin-left:20px;margin-right:20px"
|
__NOTOC__
=== What is Windows ===

Microsoft Windows is a range of operating systems for both home PCs and servers. The first public release of Windows was introduced by Microsoft in 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS. Microsoft Windows eventually came to dominate the world personal computer market with a market share of approximately 90% for desktop PCs in both home and business environments. All recent versions of Windows are full-fledged operating systems, which do not run on top of DOS.

Windows was developed for IBM PC-compatible computers (these were based on Intel x86 architecture), and today, almost all versions of Windows are made for this hardware-platform (although Windows NT was written as a cross-platform system for Intel and MIPS processors, and later appeared on the PowerPC and DEC Alpha architectures).

===OS Homepage===
* [http://www.microsoft.com www.microsoft.com]
|}

[[Category:Distributions]]
[[Category:Operating System]]

File:619px-Sun SOHO image.jpg

2005-11-01T23:23:38Z

Dananderson: X-ray photograph of the Sun. Not copyrighted. Courtesy of SOHO consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

X-ray photograph of the Sun.
Not copyrighted.
Courtesy of SOHO consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T40

2005-11-01T23:12:14Z

Dananderson: Add SuSE (installed SuSE 9.3)

Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{T40}}.

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

*[[:Category:Gentoo | Gentoo]] [[Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad T40 | Installation]]
*[[:Category:Redhat|Redhat]] [[Installing Redhat on a ThinkPad T40 | Installation]]
*[[:Category:SUSE|SuSE]] [[Installing SuSE on a ThinkPad T40 | Installation]]

IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter

2005-10-19T06:26:29Z

Dananderson: /* Also known (in IBM literature) as.... */ change \ to /

Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

2005-10-19T04:34:56Z

Dananderson: /* Known problems */ updates

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b ===
This is a Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Cisco
* IEEE Standards: 802.11b
* PCI ID: 14b9:a504<br>
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
IBM Order PN (WW): 31P8301<br>
IBM Order PN (Japan): 31P8302<br>
IBM Order PN (EMEA): 31P8303<br>
IBM Order PN (China): 31P8304<br>
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8319, 26P8435, 26P8496<br>
IBM FRU PN (Japan): 26P8323, 26P8369, 26P8500<br>
IBM FRU PN (EMEA): 26P8321, 26P8367, 26P8498<br>
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8325, 26P8371, 26P8502<br>
Other IBM FRU PN: 91P7406,91P7408,91P7410,26P7412

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
* 802.11b Cisco Wireless Card (Sherman III)

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
A opensource Linux 'airo' driver is available, and included in recent 2.6 kernels.
There is a [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge] project page for this driver, but it seems unmaintained.
One of the developers has his own project page [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#wireless here], but there have not been any updates since September 2004.

In addition there is a slightly dated 'mpi350' driver available from [http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-linux Cisco] after jumping through a bunch of hoops, such as providing Cisco with your personal information.
The current Cisco driver version is 2.1 and only supports select Linux 2.4 kernels.
The Cisco driver does not support Linux commands such as iwconfig. However, one can use the Cisco ACU GUI with the Linux 'airo' driver for read-only status information.

=== Known problems ===
''Linux 2.4'' Older airo or mpi350 drivers might not work with certain (more recent) Cisco [http://bellet.info/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt firmware]. Evidently there is a Windows tool where you can modify the firmware, but if you've already nuked your win32 partition like I have, you'll be in a pickle. For Linux 2.4, you want older firmware version 5b00.08 or 5.00.03, which is available with version 3.4.9 of the Cisco Windows drivers.

There also have been reports that the Window driver auto-magically updates the firmware, so if you dual boot between operating systems one day your Wireless under the Linux kernel may stop working. I haven't had that happen to me, but be careful about Windows Update or Microsoft Update. ''Never'' update the Cisco software in Windows—it also updates the firmware silently.

''Linux 2.6'' For Linux 2.6, this is not a problem. Cisco updated its mpi350 driver and the fixes have been reverse-engineered and incorporated in the open-source airo driver for Linux 2.6. I am running Cisco firmware version 5.60.17 (and previously 5.20.17) with Linux 2.6.11 (supplied with SuSE 9.3) and airo driver 0.6. The firmware was upgraded under WinXP automatically with the Cisco driver update. The older firmware also works with the Linux 2.6 driver

Get firmware information from {{path|/proc/driver/aironet/eth?/Status}} (eth0 or eth1) (airo driver) or {{path|/proc/driver/mpi350/Status}} (mpi350 driver).

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{R32}}
* {{R40}}, {{R40e}}
* {{T30}}
* {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}
* {{X30}}, {{X31}}

===External Sources===
*Specifications: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44122 MIGR-44122]
*Users Guide: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44107 MIGR-44107]
*Service Parts: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44128 MIGR-44128]
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51424 IBMs page on Wireless configuration under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]

Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

2005-10-17T16:50:52Z

Dananderson: /* Known problems */ grammar

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b ===
This is a Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Cisco
* IEEE Standards: 802.11b
* PCI ID: 14b9:a504<br>
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
IBM Order PN (WW): 31P8301<br>
IBM Order PN (Japan): 31P8302<br>
IBM Order PN (EMEA): 31P8303<br>
IBM Order PN (China): 31P8304<br>
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8319, 26P8435, 26P8496<br>
IBM FRU PN (Japan): 26P8323, 26P8369, 26P8500<br>
IBM FRU PN (EMEA): 26P8321, 26P8367, 26P8498<br>
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8325, 26P8371, 26P8502<br>
Other IBM FRU PN: 91P7406,91P7408,91P7410,26P7412

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
* 802.11b Cisco Wireless Card (Sherman III)

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
A opensource Linux 'airo' driver is available, and included in recent 2.6 kernels.
There is a [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge] project page for this driver, but it seems unmaintained.
One of the developers has his own project page [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#wireless here], but there have not been any updates since September 2004.

In addition there is a slightly dated 'mpi350' driver available from [http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-linux Cisco] after jumping through a bunch of hoops, such as providing Cisco with your personal information.
The current Cisco driver version is 2.1 and only supports select Linux 2.4 kernels.
The Cisco driver does not support Linux commands such as iwconfig. However, one can use the Cisco ACU GUI with the Linux 'airo' driver for read-only status information.

=== Known problems ===
''Linux 2.4'' Older airo or mpi350 drivers might not work with certain (more recent) Cisco [http://bellet.info/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt firmware]. Evidently there is a Windows tool where you can modify the firmware, but if you've already nuked your win32 partition like I have, you'll be in a pickle. For Linux 2.4, you want older firmware version 5b00.08 5.00.03, which is available with version 3.4.9 of the Cisco Windows drivers.

There also have been reports that the Window driver auto-magically updates the firmware, so if you dual boot between operating systems one day your Wireless under the Linux kernel may stop working. I haven't had that happen to me, but be careful about Windows Update or Microsoft Update. ''Never'' update the Cisco software in Windows—it also updates the firmware silently.

''Linux 2.6'' For Linux 2.6, this is not a problem. Cisco updated its mpi350 driver and the fixes have been reverse-engineered and incorporated in the open-source airo driver for Linux 2.6. I am running Cisco firmware version 5.20.17 with Linux 2.6.11 (supplied with SuSE 9.3) and airo driver 0.6. The firmware was upgraded under WinXP automatically with the Cisco driver update. The older firmware also works with the Linux 2.6 driver

Get firmware information from {{path|/proc/driver/aironet/eth?/Status}} (eth0 or eth1) (airo driver) or {{path|/proc/driver/mpi350/Status}} (mpi350 driver).

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{R32}}
* {{R40}}, {{R40e}}
* {{T30}}
* {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}
* {{X30}}, {{X31}}

===External Sources===
*Specifications: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44122 MIGR-44122]
*Users Guide: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44107 MIGR-44107]
*Service Parts: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44128 MIGR-44128]
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51424 IBMs page on Wireless configuration under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]

Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

2005-10-17T16:47:33Z

Dananderson: /* Linux WiFi driver */ add driver name; iwconfig non-support

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b ===
This is a Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Cisco
* IEEE Standards: 802.11b
* PCI ID: 14b9:a504<br>
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
IBM Order PN (WW): 31P8301<br>
IBM Order PN (Japan): 31P8302<br>
IBM Order PN (EMEA): 31P8303<br>
IBM Order PN (China): 31P8304<br>
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8319, 26P8435, 26P8496<br>
IBM FRU PN (Japan): 26P8323, 26P8369, 26P8500<br>
IBM FRU PN (EMEA): 26P8321, 26P8367, 26P8498<br>
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8325, 26P8371, 26P8502<br>
Other IBM FRU PN: 91P7406,91P7408,91P7410,26P7412

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
* 802.11b Cisco Wireless Card (Sherman III)

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
A opensource Linux 'airo' driver is available, and included in recent 2.6 kernels.
There is a [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge] project page for this driver, but it seems unmaintained.
One of the developers has his own project page [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#wireless here], but there have not been any updates since September 2004.

In addition there is a slightly dated 'mpi350' driver available from [http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-linux Cisco] after jumping through a bunch of hoops, such as providing Cisco with your personal information.
The current Cisco driver version is 2.1 and only supports select Linux 2.4 kernels.
The Cisco driver does not support Linux commands such as iwconfig. However, one can use the Cisco ACU GUI with the Linux 'airo' driver for read-only status information.

=== Known problems ===
''Linux 2.4'' Older airo or mpi350 drivers might not work with certain (more recent) Cisco [http://bellet.info/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt firmware]. Evidently there is a Windows tool where you can modify the firmware, but if you've already nuked your win32 partition like I have, you'll be in a pickle. For Linux 2.4, you want older firmware version 5b00.08 5.00.03, which is available with version 3.4.9 of the Cisco Windows drivers.

There also have been reports that the Window driver auto-magically updates the firmware, so if you dual boot between operating systems one day your Wireless under the Linux kernel may stop working. I haven't had that happen to me, but be careful about Windows Update or Microsoft Update. ''Never'' update the Cisco software in Windows—it also updates the firmware silently.

''Linux 2.6'' For Linux 2.6, this is not a problem. Cisco updated it's mpi350 driver and the fixes have been reverse-engineered and incorporated in the open-source airo driver for Linux 2.6. I am running Cisco firmware version 5.20.17 with Linux 2.6.11 (supplied with SuSE 9.3) and airo driver 0.6. The firmware was upgraded under WinXP automatically with the Cisco driver update. The older firmware also works with the Linux 2.6 driver

Get firmware information from {{path|/proc/driver/aironet/eth?/Status}} (eth0 or eth1) (airo driver) or {{path|/proc/driver/mpi350/Status}} (mpi350 driver).

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{R32}}
* {{R40}}, {{R40e}}
* {{T30}}
* {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}
* {{X30}}, {{X31}}

===External Sources===
*Specifications: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44122 MIGR-44122]
*Users Guide: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44107 MIGR-44107]
*Service Parts: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44128 MIGR-44128]
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51424 IBMs page on Wireless configuration under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]

Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

2005-10-14T03:16:37Z

Dananderson: /* Known problems */ Add Linux 2.6 info

__NOTOC__
{| width="100%"
|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b ===
This is a Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Cisco
* IEEE Standards: 802.11b
* PCI ID: 14b9:a504<br>
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
IBM Order PN (WW): 31P8301<br>
IBM Order PN (Japan): 31P8302<br>
IBM Order PN (EMEA): 31P8303<br>
IBM Order PN (China): 31P8304<br>
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8319, 26P8435, 26P8496<br>
IBM FRU PN (Japan): 26P8323, 26P8369, 26P8500<br>
IBM FRU PN (EMEA): 26P8321, 26P8367, 26P8498<br>
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8325, 26P8371, 26P8502<br>
Other IBM FRU PN: 91P7406,91P7408,91P7410,26P7412

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
* 802.11b Cisco Wireless Card (Sherman III)

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
A opensource Linux 'airo' driver is available, and included in recent 2.6 kernels.<br>
There is a [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge] project page for this driver, but it seems unmaintained.<br>
One of the developers has his own project page [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#wireless here], but there have not been any updates since September 2004.

In addition there is a slightly dated driver available from [http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-linux Cisco] after jumping through a bunch of hoops, such as providing Cisco with your personal information.<br>
The current Cisco driver version is 2.1 and only supports select Linux 2.4 kernels.<br>

=== Known problems ===
''Linux 2.4'' Older airo or mpi350 drivers might not work with certain (more recent) Cisco [http://bellet.info/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt firmware]. Evidently there is a Windows tool where you can modify the firmware, but if you've already nuked your win32 partition like I have, you'll be in a pickle. For Linux 2.4, you want older firmware version 5b00.08 5.00.03, which is available with version 3.4.9 of the Cisco Windows drivers.

There also have been reports that the Window driver auto-magically updates the firmware, so if you dual boot between operating systems one day your Wireless under the Linux kernel may stop working. I haven't had that happen to me, but be careful about Windows Update or Microsoft Update. ''Never'' update the Cisco software in Windows—it also updates the firmware silently.

''Linux 2.6'' For Linux 2.6, this is not a problem. Cisco updated it's mpi350 driver and the fixes have been reverse-engineered and incorporated in the open-source airo driver for Linux 2.6. I am running Cisco firmware version 5.20.17 with Linux 2.6.11 (supplied with SuSE 9.3) and airo driver 0.6. The firmware was upgraded under WinXP automatically with the Cisco driver update. The older firmware also works with the Linux 2.6 driver

Get firmware information from {{path|/proc/driver/aironet/eth?/Status}} (eth0 or eth1) (airo driver) or {{path|/proc/driver/mpi350/Status}} (mpi350 driver).

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{R32}}
* {{R40}}, {{R40e}}
* {{T30}}
* {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}
* {{X30}}, {{X31}}

===External Sources===
*Specifications: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44122 MIGR-44122]
*Users Guide: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44107 MIGR-44107]
*Service Parts: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44128 MIGR-44128]
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51424 IBMs page on Wireless configuration under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]

Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

2005-10-12T20:37:11Z

Dananderson: /* Known problems */ typo; add eth0/eth1

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<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b ===
This is a Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.

=== Features ===
* Chipset: Cisco
* IEEE Standards: 802.11b
* PCI ID: 14b9:a504<br>
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
IBM Order PN (WW): 31P8301<br>
IBM Order PN (Japan): 31P8302<br>
IBM Order PN (EMEA): 31P8303<br>
IBM Order PN (China): 31P8304<br>
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8319, 26P8435, 26P8496<br>
IBM FRU PN (Japan): 26P8323, 26P8369, 26P8500<br>
IBM FRU PN (EMEA): 26P8321, 26P8367, 26P8498<br>
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8325, 26P8371, 26P8502<br>
Other IBM FRU PN: 91P7406,91P7408,91P7410,26P7412

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
* 802.11b Cisco Wireless Card (Sherman III)

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
A opensource Linux 'airo' driver is available, and included in recent 2.6 kernels.<br>
There is a [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge] project page for this driver, but it seems unmaintained.<br>
One of the developers has his own project page [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#wireless here], but there have not been any updates since September 2004.

In addition there is a slightly dated driver available from [http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-linux Cisco] after jumping through a bunch of hoops, such as providing Cisco with your personal information.<br>
The current Cisco driver version is 2.1 and only supports select Linux 2.4 kernels.<br>

=== Known problems ===
Certain (more recent) [http://bellet.info/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt firmware] might not work with the airo driver. Evidently there is a Windows tool where you can modify the firmware, but if you've already nuked your win32 partition like I have, you'll be in a pickle. For Linux, you want older firmeware version 5b00.08 5.00.03, which is available with version 3.4.9 of the Cisco Windows drivers.

There also have been reports that the Window driver auto-magically updates the firmware, so if you dual boot between operating systems one day your Wireless under the Linux kernel may stop working. I haven't had that happen to me, but be careful about Windows Update or Microsoft Update. ''Never'' update the Cisco software in Windows—it also updates the firmware silently.

Get firmware information from {{path|/proc/driver/aironet/eth0/Status}} (or eth1) (airo driver) or {{path|/proc/driver/mpi350/Status}} (mpi350 driver).

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{R32}}
* {{R40}}, {{R40e}}
* {{T30}}
* {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}
* {{X30}}, {{X31}}

===External Sources===
*Specifications: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44122 MIGR-44122]
*Users Guide: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44107 MIGR-44107]
*Service Parts: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44128 MIGR-44128]
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51424 IBMs page on Wireless configuration under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]

Ordering Recovery CDs

2005-09-20T23:25:42Z

Dananderson: /* Creating Recovery CDs from the preinstalled O/S */ Create utility sometimes not there

Information on getting Recovery CDs from IBM.

The information on this page is unofficial. It is gathered from personal experiences. It is here to raise your chances of success when you give it a try yourself.

==About Recovery CDs==
Recovery CDs enable you to reproduce the original software state on your ThinkPad. Until the beginning of 2001 IBM delivered recovery CDs with the ThinkPads, but starting with the A30/T23/X22 models ThinkPads have a [[PreDesktop Area]], which's purpose is to make Recovery CDs obsolete. There are, however, reasons why you might still want to have them, and for the time being they are available on request.

Recovery CDs are localized, meaning that there are specific versions for each language. The language you will get depends on the language of the OS that was shipped with your ThinkPad. There's usually no way to get CDs in a different language from IBM.

==How to get them==

===Creating Recovery CDs from the preinstalled O/S===
In some Thinkpads IBM supplies a utility to create the recovery CDs. You'll find a utility called "Create Recovery Discs" in the "ACCESS IBM" folder of the Start Menu. To create the Recovery discs, you'll need a CD/DVD writer and blank media. The Product Recovery discs set consist of one Rescue and Recovery disc and one or more Product recovey discs. (2 DVDRs should suffice for the entire set)

===From IBM===
Should you fail to create a set of recovery discs before your harddrive fails, you may try to contact IBM service and request for a set.
This can be done by eMail or phone.
[http://www.ibm.com/support/ Support phone numbers] are available online.
They are officially called ''Recovery CD service parts.''
If you actually get them, or not, seems to be more a personal decision of the service person dealing with you than following fixed rules. Also it seems to depend on your country (see below).

They will usually expect you to tell them a good reason for your request (see below).
As with every service request, you'll also have to provide your model and serial number to verify the warranty state. You can be almost certain not to get the CDs after your warranty has expired.
The warranty for your Thinkpad is usually quite long though (3 years in my case), and you can
[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/ check online] if your warranty is still in force.
The model number is also used to determine which CDs you will get.

Orders placed during the first month after purchase have proven to be the most successful. They will usually ship you the CDs for free. Note some people needed to pay a $45.00 fee, plus shipping, for the CDs, regardless of when ordering them. Again, this seems to depend on the mood of the service rep that handles your case.

====Good reasons to tell====
*You replaced (or will be replacing) your hard drive.
*You installed Linux or some other OS and accidentally removed/destroyed the [[PreDesktop Area]].

====What happens then====
Once it's decided that you get the CDs, they usually get shipped very fast. Times from 16h to 3 days have been reported, 3 days being the time to expect. The shipping can even happen without prior confirmation of your request, so don't be worried if you hear nothing within this time.

A Dutch IBM customer reported next-day delivery of recovery CDs, on three different occasions. A customer in Belgium had to wait 8 days, so sometimes delivery is not that fast.

====Country overview====
Please put an entry for your country into this table if it's missing and you made a try to get the Recovery CDs.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cfefcf;" | CDs received in
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffcfbc;" | CDs were denied in
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#e9f9e9;" |
*Argentina
*Austria
*Belgium
*Canada
*Denmark
*Finland
*France
*Germany
*Italy
*The Netherlands
*Norway
*Philippines
*Spain
*Sweden
*Switzerland
*UK
*USA
*Turkey
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fff0e0;" |
*Israel but received after calling IBM Europe
*Australia, payment was requested
*India, just a plain "not possible"
|}

[[Category:Windows]] [[Category:A30]] [[Category:A30p]] [[Category:A31]] [[Category:A31p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]][[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50e]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X32]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]]

Ordering Recovery CDs

2005-09-20T23:24:00Z

Dananderson: Tyop

Information on getting Recovery CDs from IBM.

The information on this page is unofficial. It is gathered from personal experiences. It is here to raise your chances of success when you give it a try yourself.

==About Recovery CDs==
Recovery CDs enable you to reproduce the original software state on your ThinkPad. Until the beginning of 2001 IBM delivered recovery CDs with the ThinkPads, but starting with the A30/T23/X22 models ThinkPads have a [[PreDesktop Area]], which's purpose is to make Recovery CDs obsolete. There are, however, reasons why you might still want to have them, and for the time being they are available on request.

Recovery CDs are localized, meaning that there are specific versions for each language. The language you will get depends on the language of the OS that was shipped with your ThinkPad. There's usually no way to get CDs in a different language from IBM.

==How to get them==

===Creating Recovery CDs from the preinstalled O/S===
IBM supplies a utility to create the recovery CDs. You'll find a utility call "Create Recovery Discs" in the "ACCESS IBM" folder of the Start Menu. To create the Recovery discs, you'll need a CD/DVD writer and blank media. The Product Recovery discs set consist of one Rescue and Recovery disc and one or more Product recovey discs. (2 DVDRs should suffice for the entire set)

===From IBM===
Should you fail to create a set of recovery discs before your harddrive fails, you may try to contact IBM service and request for a set.
This can be done by eMail or phone.
[http://www.ibm.com/support/ Support phone numbers] are available online.
They are officially called ''Recovery CD service parts.''
If you actually get them, or not, seems to be more a personal decision of the service person dealing with you than following fixed rules. Also it seems to depend on your country (see below).

They will usually expect you to tell them a good reason for your request (see below).
As with every service request, you'll also have to provide your model and serial number to verify the warranty state. You can be almost certain not to get the CDs after your warranty has expired.
The warranty for your Thinkpad is usually quite long though (3 years in my case), and you can
[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/ check online] if your warranty is still in force.
The model number is also used to determine which CDs you will get.

Orders placed during the first month after purchase have proven to be the most successful. They will usually ship you the CDs for free. Note some people needed to pay a $45.00 fee, plus shipping, for the CDs, regardless of when ordering them. Again, this seems to depend on the mood of the service rep that handles your case.

====Good reasons to tell====
*You replaced (or will be replacing) your hard drive.
*You installed Linux or some other OS and accidentally removed/destroyed the [[PreDesktop Area]].

====What happens then====
Once it's decided that you get the CDs, they usually get shipped very fast. Times from 16h to 3 days have been reported, 3 days being the time to expect. The shipping can even happen without prior confirmation of your request, so don't be worried if you hear nothing within this time.

A Dutch IBM customer reported next-day delivery of recovery CDs, on three different occasions. A customer in Belgium had to wait 8 days, so sometimes delivery is not that fast.

====Country overview====
Please put an entry for your country into this table if it's missing and you made a try to get the Recovery CDs.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cfefcf;" | CDs received in
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffcfbc;" | CDs were denied in
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#e9f9e9;" |
*Argentina
*Austria
*Belgium
*Canada
*Denmark
*Finland
*France
*Germany
*Italy
*The Netherlands
*Norway
*Philippines
*Spain
*Sweden
*Switzerland
*UK
*USA
*Turkey
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fff0e0;" |
*Israel but received after calling IBM Europe
*Australia, payment was requested
*India, just a plain "not possible"
|}

[[Category:Windows]] [[Category:A30]] [[Category:A30p]] [[Category:A31]] [[Category:A31p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]][[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50e]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X32]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]]

Ordering Recovery CDs

2005-09-20T23:20:55Z

Dananderson: /* From IBM */ Add ordering details.

Information on getting Recovery CDs from IBM.

The information on this page is unofficial. It is gathered from personal experiences. It is here to raise your chances of success when you give it a try yourself.

==About Recovery CDs==
Recovery CDs enable you to reproduce the original software state on your ThinkPad. Until the beginning of 2001 IBM delivered recovery CDs with the ThinkPads, but starting with the A30/T23/X22 models ThinkPads have a [[PreDesktop Area]], which's purpose is to make Recovery CDs obsolete. There are, however, reasons why you might still want to have them, and for the time being they are available on request.

Recovery CDs are localized, meaning that there are specific versions for each language. The language you will get depends on the language of the OS that was shipped with your ThinkPad. There's usually no way to get CDs in a different language from IBM.

==How to get them==

===Creating Recovery CDs from the preinstalled O/S===
IBM supplies a utility to create the recovery CDs. You'll find a utility call "Create Recovery Discs" in the "ACCESS IBM" folder of the Start Menu. To create the Recovery discs, you'll need a CD/DVD writer and blank media. The Product Recovery discs set consist of one Rescue and Recovery disc and one or more Product recovey discs. (2 DVDRs should suffice for the entire set)

===From IBM===
Should you fail to create a set of recovery discs before your harddrive fails, you may try to contact IBM service and request for a set.
They are officially called "Recovery CD service parts".
This can be done by eMail or phone.
[http://www.ibm.com/support/ Support phone numbers] are available online.
They are officially called "Recovery CD service parts".
If you actually get them, or not, seems to be more a personal decision of the service person dealing with you than following fixed rules. Also it seems to depend on your country (see below).

They will usually expect you to tell them a good reason for your request (see below).
As with every service request, you'll also have to provide your model and serial number to verify the warranty state. You can be almost certain not to get the CDs after your warranty has expired.
The warranty for your Thinkpad is usually quite long though (3 years in my case), and you can
[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/ check online] if your warranty is still in force.
The model number is also used to determine which CDs you will get.

Orders placed during the first month after purchase have proven to be the most successful. They will usually ship you the CDs for free. Note some people needed to pay a $45.00 fee plus shipping for the CDs, regardless of when ordering them. Again, this seems to depend on the mood of the service rep that handles your case.

====Good reasons to tell====
*You replaced (or will be replacing) your hard drive.
*You installed Linux or some other OS and accidentally removed/destroyed the [[PreDesktop Area]].

====What happens then====
Once it's decided that you get the CDs, they usually get shipped very fast. Times from 16h to 3 days have been reported, 3 days being the time to expect. The shipping can even happen without prior confirmation of your request, so don't be worried if you hear nothing within this time.

A Dutch IBM customer reported next-day delivery of recovery CDs, on three different occasions. A customer in Belgium had to wait 8 days, so sometimes delivery is not that fast.

====Country overview====
Please put an entry for your country into this table if it's missing and you made a try to get the Recovery CDs.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
|-
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cfefcf;" | CDs received in
! style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#ffcfbc;" | CDs were denied in
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#e9f9e9;" |
*Argentina
*Austria
*Belgium
*Canada
*Denmark
*Finland
*France
*Germany
*Italy
*The Netherlands
*Norway
*Philippines
*Spain
*Sweden
*Switzerland
*UK
*USA
*Turkey
| style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#fff0e0;" |
*Israel but received after calling IBM Europe
*Australia, payment was requested
*India, just a plain "not possible"
|}

[[Category:Windows]] [[Category:A30]] [[Category:A30p]] [[Category:A31]] [[Category:A31p]] [[Category:G40]] [[Category:G41]] [[Category:R30]] [[Category:R31]] [[Category:R32]][[Category:R40]] [[Category:R40e]] [[Category:R50]] [[Category:R50e]] [[Category:R50p]] [[Category:R51]] [[Category:R52]] [[Category:T23]] [[Category:T30]] [[Category:T40]] [[Category:T40p]] [[Category:T41]] [[Category:T41p]] [[Category:T42]] [[Category:T42p]] [[Category:T43]] [[Category:T43p]] [[Category:X22]] [[Category:X23]] [[Category:X24]] [[Category:X30]] [[Category:X31]] [[Category:X32]] [[Category:X40]] [[Category:X41]]

Backing up the preloaded OS

2005-09-16T20:07:38Z

Dananderson: Add link about making Recovery CDs

On recent ThinkPads even if you don't get the Recovery CDs and want to remove your [[PreDesktop Area]], you still have a good chance to get a means of restoring the original state of your ThinkPad later. The only prerequisite is that you still have the preloaded system. (If not, please look at: [[Recovering without Recovery CDs]].)

If you have your PreDesktop Area intact, its a good idea to [[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|make a set of Recovery CDs]]
They come in useful for a hard disk upgrade or hard disk crash.

==Coverage of this approach==
The original installation includes all the necessary setup files needed to install the system in its original state. Hence this approach - if done properly - leads to the same result as [[Recovering from Recovery CDs]], just with a bit more hassle. Advantage is the customizability of your selfmade recovery media and the enhanced influence you have on the (manual) recovery process.

==Instructions==
There are [http://www.4saad.com/WhatsNew/Fresh_XP_Install/index.htm comprehensive instructions] on where to find these files and how to back them up to CD-R/DVD-R media hosted at 4saad.com.

Fabrice Bellet describes an (untested!) way to [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#the_predesktop_area create a bootable DVD-ROM] when your ThinkPad is only running GNU/Linux. This DVD-ROM boots into the "IBM Product Recovery program". That program should allow you to "reformat your hard disk and install Windows XP, device drivers and preinstalled applications".

[[Category:Windows]]

Recovering from Recovery CDs

2005-09-16T20:07:20Z

Dananderson: Add note on obtaining recovery cds

Information about the recovery process using IBM provided recovery CDs.

==Coverage of this approach==
If you install from a Recovery CD, you should get all your drivers and
pre-installed software back.

==Things to be aware of==
===Obtaining Recovery CDs===
If you have your PreDesktop Area intact, you can [[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|make a set of Recovery CDs]].
Otherwise, you have to try to
[[Ordering_Recovery_CDs#Creating_Recovery_CDs_from_the_preinstalled_O.2FS|obtain them from IBM]].
===How does the recovery process deal with existing partition layouts?===
Recovery deletes the first partition and then installs to the first
block of contiguous free space (which could be bigger than the original
first partition if there was free space after it). Later partitions
are safe. The partition must be at least 8GB or so or else the
recovery will either fail or produce a corrupt {{Windows}} installation.
You can save a little space if you intervene during some of the IBM
software installs, reduce the swap size and disable hibernation, but
you have to time this carefully.

Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b

2005-09-16T19:50:46Z

Dananderson: /* Known problems */ Add details

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|style="vertical-align:top" |
<div style="margin: 0; margin-right:10px; border: 1px solid #dfdfdf; padding: 0em 1em 1em 1em; background-color:#F8F8FF; align:right;">
=== Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b ===
This is a Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.
=== Features ===
* Chipset: Cisco
* IEEE Standards: 802.11b
* PCI ID: 14b9:a504<br>
</div>
|style="vertical-align:top" |
[[image:mini-pci-wifi-card.gif|Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter]]
|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
IBM Order PN (WW): 31P8301<br>
IBM Order PN (Japan): 31P8302<br>
IBM Order PN (EMEA): 31P8303<br>
IBM Order PN (China): 31P8304<br>
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8319, 26P8435, 26P8496<br>
IBM FRU PN (Japan): 26P8323, 26P8369, 26P8500<br>
IBM FRU PN (EMEA): 26P8321, 26P8367, 26P8498<br>
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8325, 26P8371, 26P8502<br>
Other IBM FRU PN: 91P7406,91P7408,91P7410,26P7412

=== Also known (in IBM literature) as.... ===
* Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
* 802.11b Cisco Wireless Card (Sherman III)

=== Linux WiFi driver ===
A opensource Linux 'airo' driver is available, and included in recent 2.6 kernels.<br>
There is a [http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net/ sourceforge] project page for this driver, but it seems unmaintained.<br>
One of the developers has his own project page [http://bellet.info/laptop/t40.html#wireless here], but there have not been any updates since September 2004.

In addition there is a slightly dated driver available from [http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/aironet-utils-linux Cisco] after jumping through a bunch of hoops, such as providing Cisco with your personal information.<br>
The current Cisco driver version is 2.1 and only supports select Linux 2.4 kernels.<br>

=== Known problems ===
Certain (more recent) [http://bellet.info/laptop/airo_mpi.HOWTO.txt firmware] might not work with the airo driver. Evidently there is a Windows tool where you can modify the firmware, but if you've already nuked your win32 partition like I have, you'll be in a pickle. For Linux, you want older firmeware version 5b00.08 5.00.03, which is available with version 3.4.9 of the Cisco Windows drivers.

There also have been reports that the Window driver auto-magically updates the firmware, so if you dual boot between operating systems one day your Wireless under the Linux kernel may stop working. I haven't had that happen to me, but be careful about Windows Update or Microsoft Update. ''Never'' update the Cisco software in Windows—it also updates the firmware silently.

Get firmware information from {{path|/proc/driver/aironet/eth1/Status}} (airo driver) or {{path|/proc/driver/mpi350/Status}} (mpi350 driver).

=== ThinkPad's this card may be found in ===
* {{R32}}
* {{R40}}, {{R40e}}
* {{T30}}
* {{T40}}, {{T40p}}, {{T41}}, {{T41p}}, {{T42}}, {{T42p}}
* {{X30}}, {{X31}}

===External Sources===
*Specifications: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44122 MIGR-44122]
*Users Guide: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44107 MIGR-44107]
*Service Parts: [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44128 MIGR-44128]
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51424 IBMs page on Wireless configuration under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]

User:Dananderson

2005-09-16T19:41:49Z

Dananderson: create

Hi. I own a Thinkpad T40 with Linux and WinXP. For information about me, see [http://dan.drydog.com/ '''http://dan.drydog.com/''']

Here's some major websites I maintain:

* [http://dan.drydog.com/ Dan Anderson (me)]
* [http://sun.drydog.com/ Sun Solaris Operating System on x86 hardware]. Includes a FAQ
* [http://blogs.sun.com/DanX/ My weblog (blog) at work, Sun Microsystems]
* [http://www.yosemite.ca.us/ Yosemite National Park, California]. Includes several [http://www.yosemite.ca.us/history/ historical books on Yosemite Valley and Sierra Nevada].
* [http://www.carlsbad.ca.us/ Carlsbad, California]
* [http://hotelsandiego.us/ San Diego Hotel reservations]
* [http://CalHotels.US/ California and Western U.S. Hotel reservations]
* [http://dukecunningham.org/ Randy "Duke" Cunningham, U.S. Representative to Congress (CA-50)]. Under investigation for bribery and influence peddling
* [http://billjonessucks.com/ Bill Jones, unrepentant spammer and politician]