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− | == My thinkpad ==
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− | IBM ThinkPad: {{X31}} (2673-CBU)
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− | Currently running: [http://www.kubuntu.org/ Kubuntu] 5.10 (Breezy)
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− | ==Installation issues==
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− | I first installed [http://www.kubuntu.org/ Kubuntu] 5.10 (Breezy). I wanted
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− | to keep Windoze, just in case I needed it (but I never use it ;) ), and keep
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− | 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:
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− | * [[GRUB|GRUB]] has to be installed either in the [[Master Boot Record|MBR]] or in the first partition
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− | * Windoze would only work being on the first partition (AFAIK)
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− | * 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)
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− | My solution:
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− | * Create a new primary partition for Windoze, at the end of the disk, before the rescue partition. Copy windoze there.
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− | * Modify windows {{path|boot.ini}}:
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− | {{cmduser|diff /windows/boot.ini /windows/boot.ini~}}
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− | 3c3
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− | < default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
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− | > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
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− | 5c5
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− | < multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
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− | > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
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− | * Set root partition to (hd0,1) for Windoze in [[User:Gagliol/menu.lst|GRUB menu]]
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− | ==Post-install configuration==
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− | ==Configuration files==
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− | *[[User:Gagliol/xorg.conf|xorg.conf]]
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− | *[[User:Gagliol/interfaces|interfaces]]
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− | *[[User:Gagliol/menu.lst|GRUB menu.lst]]
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− | ==Current issues and open questions==
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− | * How can I switch {{key|Fn}} and {{key|Ctrl}} keys? (I guess I can't)
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− | * 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]]
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− | * Wireless
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− | * {{key|Fn}}{{key|F7}} does not work
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− | * [[Problem with high pitch noises|Hissing sound]] when on batteries
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− | * Untested:
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− | ** Irda
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− | ** modem
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− | ** IEEE 1394
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− | ** Parallel port
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