Moving Ubuntu 10.04 to a ThinkPad X220 - Revision history

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Fernandez at 15:59, 14 June 2011

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Fernandez: â†Created page with 'Ubuntu 10.04 does not work out of the box on the Thinkpad X220, and Ubuntu 11.04 has too many annoying changes (and some irritating bugs that affect usability). To make ma...'

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â†Created page with 'Ubuntu 10.04 does not work out of the box on the Thinkpad X220, and Ubuntu 11.04 has too many annoying changes (and some irritating bugs that affect usability). To make ma...'

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Ubuntu 10.04 does not work out of the box on the Thinkpad X220, and Ubuntu
11.04 has too many annoying changes (and some irritating bugs that affect
usability). To make matters worse, the X220 does not accept a standard
notebook drive, so one can't move the old drive to the new laptop.

If you already have a working Ubuntu 10.04 installation on your machine
and want to move it to your new X220 here's a simple recipe:

- boot the X220 with a Ubuntu 11.04 CD

- partition the disk in the X220 to your liking

- transfer your existing installation to the X220 disk over the network; I prefer using netcat + dump/restore, but rsync will work too

- chroot to your new installation

- add the following at the top of your /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty main restricted universe

- as root, run the following:
apt-get update
apt-get install linux-image-generic-pae linux-firmware

- make sure you install a boot loader in the new disk

And that's all it takes. You'll end up with your existing 10.04
installation running a recent kernel that supports the hardware on the
X220.

== Graphics ==
The recipe above will use the framebuffer for your graphic session. It is
recommended that you install the intel driver from
[https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/intel-driver glasen] as described
[http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_10.04_%28Lucid_Lynx%29_on_a_ThinkPad_X220 here]

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 and you want to continue using that.
-Unfortunately, you can't just move the drive over.
+Unfortunately, you can't just move the hard drive over.
 First of all, a newer kernel is needed for the X220.
 But in any case the X220 does not accept a 9.5mm-thick notebook drive

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 and you want to continue using that.
-Unfortunately, you can't just move the drive over:
+Unfortunately, you can't just move the drive over.
-the X220 does not accept a 9.5mm-thick notebook drive
+First of all, a newer kernel is needed for the X220.
 &mdash;
 it needs one of the new 7mm slim drives.

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-Ubuntu 11.04 has too many annoying changes
+Perhaps you think that Ubuntu 11.04 has too many annoying changes
 (and some irritating bugs that affect usability)
-to be considered as an option.
+to be considered as an option for use an a ThinkPad X220.
-Ubuntu 10.04 does not work out of the box on the Thinkpad X220,
-and in any case the X220 does not accept a 9.5mm-thick notebook drive
+Suppose you have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on an older ThinkPad
-&mdash;
+and you want to continue using that.
-it needs one of the new 7mm slim drives
 &mdash;
-so one can't move the old drive to the new laptop.
+it needs one of the new 7mm slim drives.
-Anyway, if you already have a working Ubuntu 10.04 installation on your machine
+Here are the steps to take.
 - boot the X220 with a Ubuntu 11.04 CD

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	[[Category:Ubuntu 10.04]]		[[Category:Ubuntu 10.04]]
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	[https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/intel-driver glasen] as described		[https://launchpad.net/~glasen/+archive/intel-driver glasen] as described
	[http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_10.04_%28Lucid_Lynx%29_on_a_ThinkPad_X220 here]		[http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_10.04_%28Lucid_Lynx%29_on_a_ThinkPad_X220 here]
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		+	[[Category:Ubuntu 10.04]]
		+	[[Category:Thinkpad X220]]

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 - as root, run the following:
    apt-get update
    apt-get install linux-image-generic-pae linux-firmware

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 Ubuntu 10.04 does not work out of the box on the Thinkpad X220, and Ubuntu
 .04 has too many annoying changes (and some irritating bugs that affect
-usability). To make matters worse, the X220 does not accept a standard
+usability) to be considered as an option. To make matters worse, the X220 does not accept a standard notebook drive (it needs one of the new 7mm slim drives), so one can't move the old drive to the new laptop (I think the Thinkpad engineers screwed up big-time here, but that's just my opinion).
-If you already have a working Ubuntu 10.04 installation on your machine
+Anyway, if you already have a working Ubuntu 10.04 installation on your machine
 and want to move it to your new X220 here's a simple recipe: