Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P - Revision history

Wyrfel: Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750 moved to Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

2006-01-20T11:20:36Z

Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750 moved to Installing Gentoo on a ThinkPad 750P

2005-07-14T16:06:31Z

2005-05-26T22:02:11Z

2005-04-03T15:38:47Z

Added amonition

2005-03-18T13:42:33Z

Added "emerge system" benchmark

2005-03-12T02:38:51Z

Added bootstrap.sh benchmark

2005-03-12T02:37:26Z

Removed credit since I have an account.

2005-03-09T05:14:19Z

Added boot parameters

2005-03-02T18:22:40Z

‎Installation Notes

2005-02-28T09:40:50Z

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 ===Admonition===
-After building two custom kernels, then twice trying '''make genkernel''' only to have all the kernels crash upon boot, I have to say that Gentoo (and perhaps the 2.6 kernel itself) is not ready for use on a 750. I now have Debian running on my 750P. I leave this page as a starting point for those more intrepid than I. --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 17:38, 3 Apr 2005 (CEST)
+After building two custom kernels, then twice trying '''make genkernel''' only to have all the kernels crash upon boot, I have to say that {{Gentoo}} (and perhaps the 2.6 kernel itself) is not ready for use on a 750. I now have Debian running on my 750P. I leave this page as a starting point for those more intrepid than I. --[[User:Whizkid|Whizkid]] 17:38, 3 Apr 2005 (CEST)
 ===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.

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	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.		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]]	+	[[Category:750]] [[Category:750Cs]] [[Category:750C]] [[Category:750P]]

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 ===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.

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 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.
+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]]

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

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 ===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.
+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.
 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:

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 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.
+Choose your USE flags carefully. None will be set by default since you are booting Slackware.
 [[Category:750]] [[Category:750CS]] [[Category:750C]] [[Category:750P]]

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	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.		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.
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