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== My thinkpad ==
 
  
IBM ThinkPad: {{X31}} (2673-CBU)
 
 
Currently running: [http://www.kubuntu.org/ Kubuntu] 5.10 (Breezy)
 
 
==Installation issues==
 
 
I first installed [http://www.kubuntu.org/ Kubuntu] 5.10 (Breezy). I wanted
 
to keep Windoze, just in case I needed it (but I never use it ;) ), and keep
 
the [[Hidden Protected Area|hidden protected area]], and be able to reach it at startup, just in case I sell the laptop back at some point. My problem was that:
 
* [[GRUB|GRUB]] has to be installed either in the [[Master Boot Record|MBR]] or in the first partition
 
* Windoze would only work being on the first partition (AFAIK)
 
* Putting GRUB in the MBR would overwrite the original setup/recovery tools (AFAIK - Note: if you do this, and later manage to start Windoze, it will rewrite the MBR anyway)
 
 
My solution (DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK):
 
* Create a new primary partition for Windoze, at the end of the disk, before the rescue partition. Copy windoze there.
 
* Modify windows {{path|boot.ini}}:
 
{{cmduser|diff /windows/boot.ini /windows/boot.ini~}}
 
3c3
 
< default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
 
---
 
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
 
5c5
 
< multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
 
---
 
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
 
* Set root partition to (hd0,1) for Windoze in [[User:Gagliol/menu.lst|GRUB menu]]
 
 
==Post-install configuration==
 
 
* (I think I) modified [[User:Gagliol/interfaces|interfaces]] to enable hotplugging the ethernet cable
 
 
==Configuration files==
 
 
*[[User:Gagliol/xorg.conf|xorg.conf]]
 
*[[User:Gagliol/interfaces|interfaces]]
 
*[[User:Gagliol/menu.lst|GRUB menu.lst]]
 
 
 
==Current issues and open questions==
 
 
* How can I switch {{key|Fn}} and {{key|Ctrl}} keys? (I guess I can't)
 
 
* Enable scrolling and keep functionality of mouse 2 button. For the moment I'm using button 2 to scroll, and emulating 2=1+3 to paste. See the "InputDevice" section in my [[User:Gagliol/xorg.conf|xorg.conf]]
 
 
* Wireless
 
 
* {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}} does not work
 
 
* [[Problem with high pitch noises|Hissing sound]] when on batteries
 
 
* Untested:
 
** Irda
 
** modem
 
** IEEE 1394
 
** Parallel port
 

Latest revision as of 02:37, 7 January 2008