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DGT Joined: Aug 07, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted Aug 07, 2008 at 12:32:13 AM Subject: IBM ThinkPad I have come into possession of an old-school IBM ThinkPad with a Windows 95 OS. I have nothing to lose experimenting with this laptop. What is the best approach to installing a Linux OS?
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rokytnji Joined Jul 26, 2008 Posts: 237 Location:Pecos, Texas Other Topics	Posted: Aug 07, 2008 4:29:01 AM Subject: IBM ThinkPad Did it come with cdrom? Also you need to post how much cpu speed and ram and hardrive space to make a informed suggestion. Sounds like DSL or Puppy looks like a good choice but cant tell till you post more info. Light travels faster than the speed of sound. Thats why certain people appear bright till they open their mouths. "Where is the 'any' key?" – Homer Simpson, in response to the message, "Press any key" Registered Linux User # 475019
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j0hn Joined Aug 11, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted: Aug 11, 2008 8:25:08 PM Subject: IBM ThinkPad Hello can I tag along on this thread - I have a IBM 600E 2645 58G 300 Mhz /288MB/^GB Disc Docking Station CD&FD A Blank hard Disc - I have never had so many problems in all of my life - I have looked at the sound Issue yet - Ive never got that far - I cant get on to the Internet ( direct connect via Xircom PCMCIA RE100 card ) I have trued Ubuntu Xbuntu Mint Debian - I have had some joy from DSL & DSL-n - I hasve replaced the bios battery - but it still looses its memory the main battry is flat & wont charge - & I cannot get Internet access with the battery in or out - Debian is the worst I just end up with a Bash terminal. I read so much about releasing memory for Linux to acpi=off pnpbios=off - that I am real confused as well as beeing a Linux nubie - fair on XP & DOS - responce from the other boards has been very sparce - any help here would be appreciated before I either bin it or reload XP Many Thanks John C
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rokytnji Joined Jul 26, 2008 Posts: 237 Location:Pecos, Texas Other Topics	Posted: Aug 12, 2008 12:29:26 AM Subject: IBM ThinkPad http://www.slax.org/ http://www.nimblex.net/ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.zevenos.com/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DZevenOS%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS261%26sa%3DG%26pwst%3D1 Light travels faster than the speed of sound. Thats why certain people appear bright till they open their mouths. "Where is the 'any' key?" – Homer Simpson, in response to the message, "Press any key" Registered Linux User # 475019
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rokytnji Joined Jul 26, 2008 Posts: 237 Location:Pecos, Texas Other Topics	Posted: Aug 12, 2008 12:39:04 AM Subject: IBM ThinkPad http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04562 Light travels faster than the speed of sound. Thats why certain people appear bright till they open their mouths. "Where is the 'any' key?" – Homer Simpson, in response to the message, "Press any key" Registered Linux User # 475019
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