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==General Notes== | ==General Notes== | ||
| + | One of the main pitfalls to installing Linux on this ThinkPad line is the lack of bootable CD-ROM support. Though it is possible to install using a set of startup floppies, being sure to get one for PCMCIA support and another for network drivers, it tends to be more of a headache than it is worth. Using a utility like sbootmgr (available from the Slackware server [ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/isolinux/sbootmgr here], the [http://btmgr.webframe.org/ homepage] of the software is curiously out-of-date) makes this headache virtually disappear. Simply write the image to a floppy drive, and boot up. Highlight the hard disk in the Main Boot menu screen that appears. Then hit Tab to enter the Main Menu, head down to System Settings, press Enter, select Install Smart BootManager, and answer Y. Turn your computer off, swap the CD-ROM into it, insert the Linux distro of your choice, and boot up. Smart BootManager will start up, and you'll need to head back into the System Settings menu and Rescan All Partitions to add the new bootable CD-ROM to sbootmgr's list. After you've done this, your CD-ROM will be in the menu, which you can then boot from, by highlighting it, heading back into the menu, and selecting "Boot It." | ||
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| + | Granted, a CD-ROM was an option on some of the models in this line, so if you don't have one, you'll either have to get one from eBay (about $20) or fall back on using a network install. | ||
==Distro specific Instructions== | ==Distro specific Instructions== | ||
==External Sources== | ==External Sources== | ||
| + | ===ThinkPad 760E=== | ||
*[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9111/ibmtp760/index.html Slackware 4.0 on a ThinkPad 760E] | *[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9111/ibmtp760/index.html Slackware 4.0 on a ThinkPad 760E] | ||
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| + | ===ThinkPad 760ED=== | ||
*[http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/linux/tp760ed.html Nate Bargmann's Debian on a ThinkPad 760ED page] | *[http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/linux/tp760ed.html Nate Bargmann's Debian on a ThinkPad 760ED page] | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604223902/http://www.eecs.lehigh.edu/~tboult/linux/thinkpad760ed.html Red Hat 4.2 on a ThinkPad 760ED/760XD] | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20040604223902/http://www.eecs.lehigh.edu/~tboult/linux/thinkpad760ed.html Red Hat 4.2 on a ThinkPad 760ED/760XD] | ||
| + | *[[760ed yenta patch]] for Kernel 2.6.15.1 to use the cardbus with interrupts | ||
| + | ===ThinkPad 760EL=== | ||
*[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9111/ibmtp760/thinkpad.html Harald Milz's Linux on a ThinkPad 760EL page] | *[http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9111/ibmtp760/thinkpad.html Harald Milz's Linux on a ThinkPad 760EL page] | ||
*[http://patter.mine.nu/thinkpad.html Debian on a ThinkPad 760EL] | *[http://patter.mine.nu/thinkpad.html Debian on a ThinkPad 760EL] | ||
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*[http://www.geocities.com/dueze/thinkpad760el.html Slackware 7.1 on a ThinkPad 760EL] | *[http://www.geocities.com/dueze/thinkpad760el.html Slackware 7.1 on a ThinkPad 760EL] | ||
*[http://stephe_2.tripod.com/thinkpad/ Stephe's Red Hat 7.0 on a ThinkPad 760EL page] | *[http://stephe_2.tripod.com/thinkpad/ Stephe's Red Hat 7.0 on a ThinkPad 760EL page] | ||
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| + | ===ThinkPad 760XL=== | ||
*[http://www.grnet.com/sc/linux/tp760xl/ Mike Mol's Debian Woody on a ThinkPad 760XL page] | *[http://www.grnet.com/sc/linux/tp760xl/ Mike Mol's Debian Woody on a ThinkPad 760XL page] | ||
*[http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/hardware/760xl.html Red Hat 5.2 on a ThinkPad 760XL] | *[http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/hardware/760xl.html Red Hat 5.2 on a ThinkPad 760XL] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:36, 17 September 2006
Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad 760C, 760CD, 760E, 760ED, 760EL, 760ELD, 760L, 760LD, 760XD and 760XL.
Contents
General Notes
One of the main pitfalls to installing Linux on this ThinkPad line is the lack of bootable CD-ROM support. Though it is possible to install using a set of startup floppies, being sure to get one for PCMCIA support and another for network drivers, it tends to be more of a headache than it is worth. Using a utility like sbootmgr (available from the Slackware server here, the homepage of the software is curiously out-of-date) makes this headache virtually disappear. Simply write the image to a floppy drive, and boot up. Highlight the hard disk in the Main Boot menu screen that appears. Then hit Tab to enter the Main Menu, head down to System Settings, press Enter, select Install Smart BootManager, and answer Y. Turn your computer off, swap the CD-ROM into it, insert the Linux distro of your choice, and boot up. Smart BootManager will start up, and you'll need to head back into the System Settings menu and Rescan All Partitions to add the new bootable CD-ROM to sbootmgr's list. After you've done this, your CD-ROM will be in the menu, which you can then boot from, by highlighting it, heading back into the menu, and selecting "Boot It."
Granted, a CD-ROM was an option on some of the models in this line, so if you don't have one, you'll either have to get one from eBay (about $20) or fall back on using a network install.
Distro specific Instructions
External Sources
ThinkPad 760E
ThinkPad 760ED
- Nate Bargmann's Debian on a ThinkPad 760ED page
- Red Hat 4.2 on a ThinkPad 760ED/760XD
- 760ed yenta patch for Kernel 2.6.15.1 to use the cardbus with interrupts
ThinkPad 760EL
- Harald Milz's Linux on a ThinkPad 760EL page
- Debian on a ThinkPad 760EL
- Mandrake 6.1 on a ThinkPad 760EL
- Mandrake 7.0 on a ThinkPad 760EL
- Slackware 7.1 on a ThinkPad 760EL
- Stephe's Red Hat 7.0 on a ThinkPad 760EL page
