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<p>Draimus: /* Important Information */</p> <hr /> <div>== Important Information ==<br /> *If you want to dual boot XP with {{Fedora}}, you will have to resize your XP partition (C:). IBM also creates their recovery partition at the end of the drive, you don't have to delete or resize this one.<br /> *When you resize your XP partition, make sure that the part of the drive you want to install on is free space. The Fedora installer automatically creates the partitions in the free space.<br /> <br /> {{NOTE|Updated Kernel Versions will try to disable IRQ #15 and the system will hang during boot. I have had this happen on 2.6.12.1390 and 2.6.12.1398, and the new 2.6.13 versions. The fix for this is to add &lt;tt&gt;irqpoll&lt;/tt&gt; during installation in the box where it asks if the system needs any flags when booting up. '''Update''' - See [[Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_R30#General_Notes|R30 General Installation Notes]].}}<br /> <br /> == Install Fedora Core 4 ==<br /> *The IBM Thinkpad {{R30}} can handle the DVD-ROM iso image. Download and burn from [http://fedora.redhat.com http://fedora.redhat.com]<br /> *Insert the DVD and restart your computer. Enter &quot;linux text&quot; and press enter when the install screen comes up. Follow the instructions. <br /> *Use the Grub Boot Loader if you want to dual boot with XP. When installing the boot loader, change Other to Windows XP.<br /> *Let Fedora autopartition your hard disk. Use the &quot;Keep All Partitions and use existing free space&quot; option.<br /> {{WARN|After Installation, you have to read the important information below. Failure to do so will result in a system with a frozen white screen!}}<br /> <br /> == Important Information After Install ==<br /> If you do not follow the instructions below, Fedora will not be configured correctly for the Trident Cyberblade video card.<br /> #When the Installer asks you to reboot, be ready to edit the GRUB bootloader configuration. When your computer restarts, GRUB will tell you Fedora Core 4 will be booting in 4 seconds. Press {{key|E}}, highlight Fedora Core 4, press {{key|E}}, highlight the second line, press {{key|E}}, use {{key|backspace}} to remove {{bootparm|quiet|}} and replace it with {{bootparm|vga|791 3}} (don't forget the space and 3 after 791). Press {{key|enter}} then {{key|B}}.<br /> #This boots you to command line mode. A post install configuration screen will come up. Press exit. When you get to the login screen, enter root as the username and your root password.<br /> #Then type this command: {{cmdroot|1=yum update xorg-x11}}.<br /> #This will update the video driver configuration. When yum asks you if this is ok to download, press {{key|y}} then {{key|enter}}. If you get a gpg key error, just accept and it will continue.<br /> #When it finishes updating, type these commands: <br /> #:{{cmdroot|rm -f /etc/sysconfig/firstboot}}<br /> #:{{cmdroot|/sbin/chkconfig --add firstboot}}<br /> #:{{cmdroot|reboot}}<br /> #Your system should now reboot and hopefully, the first boot scripts will run again. If you don't you will have to create the user accounts manually, configure time, network time, etc.<br /> <br /> == Configuring Hardware ==<br /> <br /> soon<br /> <br /> =External Sources=<br /> *This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo)].</div>

Draimus https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_R30&diff=31980 2007-08-14T03:04:46Z

<p>Draimus: /* General Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{R30}}.<br /> <br /> ==General Notes==<br /> * Kernels newer than 2.6.8 require &lt;tt&gt;pci=noacpi&lt;/tt&gt; set on the boot line, otherwise the system will hang during boot after attempting to disable IRQ #15. Setting &lt;tt&gt;irqpoll&lt;/tt&gt; as suggested by the kernel before it hangs can cause very slow boots and loss of the DVD drive. Tested on Ubuntu.<br /> <br /> ==Distro specific Instructions==<br /> *{{Install|Fedora| Core 4|R30}}<br /> <br /> ==External Sources==<br /> *[http://www.ii.uib.no/~avle/r30.html Helge Avlesen's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://www.infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de/~nils/r30.html Nils Ellmenreich's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://www.jmurray.id.au/R30-LE2005.html Mandriva LE2005 on a ThinkPad R30]<br /> *[http://www.manicai.net/comp/linux/r30install.html SUSE 7.3 on a ThinkPad R30]<br /> *[http://www.uhoreg.ca/thinkpadr30linux.text Hubert Chan's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://hallx049.oit.umn.edu/linux/laptops/tp-r30/ Jim Hall's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page]</div>

Draimus https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_R30&diff=31979 2007-08-14T03:03:54Z

<p>Draimus: /* General Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{R30}}.<br /> <br /> ==General Notes==<br /> * Kernels newer than 2.6.8 require &lt;tt&gt;pci=noacpi&lt;/tt&gt; set on the boot line, otherwise the system will hang during boot after attempting to disable IRQ #15. Setting &lt;tt&gt;irqpoll&lt;/tt&gt; as suggested by the kernel before it hangs can cause very slow boots and loss of the DVD drive. Tested on Debian and Ubuntu.<br /> <br /> ==Distro specific Instructions==<br /> *{{Install|Fedora| Core 4|R30}}<br /> <br /> ==External Sources==<br /> *[http://www.ii.uib.no/~avle/r30.html Helge Avlesen's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://www.infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de/~nils/r30.html Nils Ellmenreich's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://www.jmurray.id.au/R30-LE2005.html Mandriva LE2005 on a ThinkPad R30]<br /> *[http://www.manicai.net/comp/linux/r30install.html SUSE 7.3 on a ThinkPad R30]<br /> *[http://www.uhoreg.ca/thinkpadr30linux.text Hubert Chan's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://hallx049.oit.umn.edu/linux/laptops/tp-r30/ Jim Hall's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page]</div>

Draimus https://www.thinkwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Installation_instructions_for_the_ThinkPad_R30&diff=31978 2007-08-14T02:55:01Z

<p>Draimus: /* General Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{R30}}.<br /> <br /> ==General Notes==<br /> * Kernels newer than 2.6.8 require &lt;tt&gt;pci=noacpi&lt;/tt&gt; set on the boot line, otherwise the system will hang during boot after attempting to disable IRQ #15.<br /> <br /> ==Distro specific Instructions==<br /> *{{Install|Fedora| Core 4|R30}}<br /> <br /> ==External Sources==<br /> *[http://www.ii.uib.no/~avle/r30.html Helge Avlesen's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://www.infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de/~nils/r30.html Nils Ellmenreich's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://www.jmurray.id.au/R30-LE2005.html Mandriva LE2005 on a ThinkPad R30]<br /> *[http://www.manicai.net/comp/linux/r30install.html SUSE 7.3 on a ThinkPad R30]<br /> *[http://www.uhoreg.ca/thinkpadr30linux.text Hubert Chan's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page]<br /> *[http://hallx049.oit.umn.edu/linux/laptops/tp-r30/ Jim Hall's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page]</div>

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