Re: [9fans] Thinkpad T61 Installation Experience

[Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>]

a friend gave me a T61 and the bell-labs iso installed just fine. i
can't recall using any tricks, pretty much however the bios was
configured - i did it in the pub.

brucee

On 16 May 2012 22:24, Burton Samograd <burton.samograd@gmail.com> wrote:
> I got my Thinkpad T61 last night and installation was somewhat
> successful but not without problems:
>
> - the main thing was to set the SATA controller to 'Compatibility'
> mode.  9front would find the disk
>  and install correctly but would get stuck after the pbs if this was
> not set.  The bell labs iso would
>  boot but not find the disk leading to some confusion when I didn't
> notice it was trying to partition
>  the install CD during installation
>
> - after setting to Compatibility mode the Bell Labs iso install would
> go along well until it was trying
>  to copydist which then was either completely failing or going
> incredibly slow; I waited at least 15
>  minutes during this process and it was at around 3% before I gave
> up.  The cd would spin up and
>  down but it really didn't seem to be copying anything at all or at
> least nothing very quickly.
>
> - the middle mouse button doesn't work when using ps2intellimouse or ps2
>
> - graphics works great at native 1280x800x16 resolution
>
> - wired networking works good
>
> So, in the end I got 9front installed but now the bell labs wiki isn't
> very helpful since so much has
> changed, with the first being how to add a new user among other
> things.  To be honest, I'd rather
> be using the Bell Labs iso so if anybody could give a suggestion on
> how to get that working I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> --
> Burton Samograd
>



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