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| − | == My thinkpad ==
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| − | IBM ThinkPad {{X31}} (2673-CBU), bought used.
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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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| − | * [[How_to_setup_boot_loaders#GRUB|GRUB]] has to be installed either in the [[Master Boot Record|MBR]] or in the first partition. At least that's what I thought at the time but it's probably wrong, see [[How_to_setup_boot_loaders#Installing_GRUB_to_a_partitions_boot_sector|here]]. Anyway, I wanted to keep Linux in front, as I plan to remove windoze completely, and the first part of the disk should be faster.
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| − | * Windows 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 Windows, it will rewrite the MBR anyway)
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| − | My solution (DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK):
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| − | * Create a new primary partition for Windows, at the end of the disk, before the rescue partition. Copy windows there.
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| − | * Modify windows' [[User:Gagliol/boot.ini|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 Windows in [[User:Gagliol/menu.lst|GRUB menu]]. See also [[How_to_setup_boot_loaders#GRUB_configuration|here]].
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| − | My current partition table according to fdisk:
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| − | Disk /dev/hda: 36.8 GB, 36825459200 bytes
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| − | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4477 cylinders
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| − | Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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| − | Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
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| − | /dev/hda1 * 1 6 48163+ 83 Linux
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| − | /dev/hda2 3651 4477 6642877+ b W95 FAT32
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| − | /dev/hda3 7 249 1951897+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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| − | /dev/hda4 250 3650 27318532+ 5 Extended
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| − | /dev/hda5 250 3650 27318501 83 Linux
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| − | Partition table entries are not in disk order
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| − | {{NOTE|My windows partition is a FAT32. This is because, after restoring it, AND BEFORE ever starting it, I renamed the file <windows-dir>/system32/convert.exe. I found this info somewhere on the net, see for example [[http://thunk.org/tytso/linux/t40.html#winxp-fat|here]]: after install/restore, Windows filesystem is actually FAT32, and it's converted to NTFS only at the first run. This is useful as FAT is better supported by Linux.}}
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| − | ==Post-install configuration==
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| − | * (I think I) modified [[User:Gagliol/interfaces|interfaces]] to enable hotplugging the ethernet cable
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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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| − | * GRUB's [[User:Gagliol/menu.lst|menu.lst]]
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| − | * Windoze [[User:Gagliol/boot.ini|boot.ini]]
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| − | ==Current issues==
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| − | * How can I switch {{key|Fn}} and {{key|Ctrl}} keys? (I guess I can't as {{key|Fn}} combinations are interpreted by the BIOS)
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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. This is only audible in a very silent room, where a plug is normally available anyway, so I guess I will keep it like this..
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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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