Installing Debian Etch on a ThinkPad R60 - Revision history

Tyler at 21:27, 11 December 2006

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Tyler at 16:46, 20 September 2006

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New page

Wednesday September 20, 2006

'''NOTE''' I'm new to Wiki-dom, so I'll be returning to tidy this up and add details as I sort them out

==Specs:==
ThinkPad R60 945668U<br/>
Intel Core Solo 1660 Mhz<br/>
512 MB RAM<br/>
60 GB Harddrive

==Pre-install:==
Did the required set up for the Windows XP partition, including burning recovery CDs (6 total)
Partitioned the harddrive using GParted
*WinXP reduced to ca 16 GB; 5 GB recovery partition untouched; 35 GB cleared for Debian install

==Install:==
===Etch Net-Install===
Regular (non-expert) install, installed only laptop and standard software
*I use Fluxbox, so I don't need to wait around while KDE and Gnome download!
Only problem was GRUB would not install to the MBR
*Probably a problem with the CD I was using
*Resolved by installing LILO instead

===Configuration:===
====Boot Loader====
On first boot I ran aptitude and did a full upgrade
Replaced LILO (which didn't see either Windows partition) with GRUB with the following commands:

grub-install /dev/sda
update-grub

Then I added the following entries to my /boot/grub/menu.lst:

title Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

title IBM Rescue and Recovery
root (hd0,1)
parttype (hd0,1) 0x0b
unhide (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

I rebooted and verified that GRUB worked, and allowed me to boot into Debian, Windows, and the Recovery Parition. Everything worked so I then purged LILO with aptitude.

Next up, I added contrib and non-free to my /etc/apt/sources.list and installed a bunch of stuff (xorg, fluxbox, firefox, etc). xorg went in without problem.

====Wireless====

Started by confirming the chipset -
*Install pciutils
Run:

lspci

and

lspci -n | grep "0200"

reveals that I have an Atheros AR5212 wireless card, or 168c:1014
Digging around on this site confirms this card is compatible with Madwifi, which is available through the non-free repositories
However, I found out (the hard way) that I couldn't get it installed without first installing gcc-4.0
So the full set up went like this:

#instal gcc-4.0, madwifi-source, madwifi-tools, madwifi-doc
#ran the following commands:

m-a prepare
m-a a-i madwifi
modprobe ath_pci

Done!

To actually get a wireless connection going I use two simple bash scripts:
First, for my home setup:

#! /bin/bash
iwconfig ath0 key <your_encryption_key_here>
dhclient ath0

Second, for using unencrypted hotspots:

#! /bin/bash
ifconfig ath0 up
iwconfig ath0 ap any
dhclient ath0

Running these scripts as root gets me hooked up.

So far these things work: screen, mouse and touchpad, keyboard, wireless

Still to confirm or configure: USB drive, sound, function keys

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		+	===Video===
		+	Be sure to use the i810 video driver. The default VESA driver will work fine, but you won't be able to use 3D programs like GoogleEarth. Both are included with Xorg, so you don't need to download new drivers from Intel.

	==Summary==		==Summary==

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		+	=External Sources=
		+	*This guide is listed at the [http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html TuxMobil Linux laptop and notebook installation survey (IBM/Lenovo)].

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 Running these scripts as root gets me hooked up.
-Still to confirm or configure: USB drive, sound, function keys
+==Summary==
 Still to add: links to the sources for this page

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+[[Category:R60]] [[Category:Debian]]Wednesday September 20, 2006
 '''NOTE''' I'm new to Wiki-dom, so I'll be returning to tidy this up and add details as I sort them out
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 So the full set up went like this:
-#instal gcc-4.0, madwifi-source, madwifi-tools, madwifi-doc
+#install gcc-4.0, madwifi-source, madwifi-tools, madwifi-doc
 #ran the following commands:

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 *Probably a problem with the CD I was using
 *Resolved by installing LILO instead. LILO installed fine, but didn't recognise the two Windows partitions and just boots directly into Debian.
-===Configuration:===
+==Configuration:==
-====Boot Loader====
+===Boot Loader===
 On first boot I ran aptitude and did a full upgrade
 Replaced LILO (which didn't see either Windows partition) with GRUB with the following commands:
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 Next up, I added contrib and non-free to my /etc/apt/sources.list and installed a bunch of stuff (xorg, fluxbox, firefox, etc). xorg went in without problem.
-====Wireless====
+===Wireless===
 Started by confirming the chipset -

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 Only problem was GRUB would not install to the MBR
 *Probably a problem with the CD I was using
-*Resolved by installing LILO instead
+*Resolved by installing LILO instead. LILO installed fine, but didn't recognise the two Windows partitions and just boots directly into Debian.
 ===Configuration:===
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 Digging around on this site confirms this card is compatible with Madwifi, which is available through the non-free repositories
 However, I found out (the hard way) that I couldn't get it installed without first installing gcc-4.0
-So the full set up went like this:
+So the full set up goes like this:
 #install gcc-4.0, madwifi-source, madwifi-tools, madwifi-doc
-#ran the following commands:
+#run the following commands:
   m-a prepare
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 Still to confirm or configure: USB drive, sound, function keys

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