Installation instructions for the ThinkPad T61

See also: General Thinkpad T61 information and installation notes for the previous T60.

Distribution Specific Instructions

Debian

• Installing Debian Etch Linux on a Thinkpad T61, 2007-10-13
• Installing Debian/Linux Etch on a Thinkpad T61, 2007-05-22
• Installation of Debian Lenny on a ThinkPad T61

Slackware

• Running Slackware Linux on a Thinkpad T61

Ubuntu

• Installation of Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) on a ThinkPad T61
• Installation of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on a ThinkPad T61
• Installation of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on a ThinkPad T61

Fedora

• Installing Fedora 7 x86_64 on a Thinkpad T61 15.4" widescreen.
• Installation of Fedora 7 on a ThinkPad T61, including Xen.
• Useful forum post on Fedora 7 x86_64 installation. - Updated 7.8.2007 to include suspend
• Fedora 7 on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61
• Installing Fedora 8 on a T61

openSUSE / SUSE Linux

• Installing Novell SLED 10sp1 on a Thinkpad T61
• Installing openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 on an Thinkpad T61
• Installing openSUSE 10.3 Beta 1 on an IBM ThinkPad T61
• Installing openSUSE 10.2 on an IBM ThinkPad T61 - max X resolution in default install is 1024x768
• Installing openSUSE 10.3 GM on a ThinkPad T61
• GNU/Linux on a Lenovo ThinkPad T61

Gentoo

• Useful forum post on installation of Gentoo.
• Gentoo-wiki's Lenovo Thinkpad T61 hardware page.

Mandriva

• Installing Mandriva 2008 x86-64 Powerpack on a Thinkpad T61

ArchLinux

• Installing ArchLinux on a Thinkpad T61.

General Instructions

• A Linux compatibility guide to the Lenovo Thinkpad T61