Installing Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn on a ThinkPad 600E

This page should help you with installing Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu on your Thinkpad 600E. For decent performance the Xubuntu distribution is recommended, however this is not essential.

For this installation you will need have at least 256Mb of RAM installed in your Thinkpad.

Installing

insert live cd

when menu comes up select first option, press f6, add following options: acpi=off pci=noacpi pnpbios=off

install and choose options

disconnect any pcmcia cards before install if installer hangs for long (make sure you leave it at least 10 mins before panicing!)

Wireless

see ubuntu forums if your particular card is undetected.

Configuring Audio

audio not detected properly, need to blacklist wrong modules

change 3 files

add references to original article

Configuring Video

framebuffer: vga=0x317

set 16 bit mode

Fix overlay for DVD playback

add to devices: Option "OverlayMem" "829440"

Configuring Power Settings

acpi needed to be disabled, need to use apm. I've not solved this so far or found other info. WIll update this section when I do.

For now select shutdown and just wait until HD stops then it is safe to power down.