Installing Debian 3.1 (Sarge) on a ThinkPad A30p

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This is a documentation of some of the installation and configuration steps required for installing Debian/Sarge on a Thinkpad A30p and getting the most out of it.

Basic installation

The recommended procedure is, to get a Debian/Sarge DVD put it in the DVD-drive and boot from the DVD. Proceed with the installation as on an arbitrary computer.

Components

ACPI

For a detailed description of how to operate ACPI on IBM Thinkpads, take a look at How_to_make_ACPI_work.

Tv output

The A30p is supplied with an ATI Radeon Mobility M6 graphics adapter. It comes with a tv output and a tv input connector. Read tv out on ATI Radeon mobility cards.

Kernel

This is a short summary on the kernel features needed on the A30p. The supplied kernel in Debian/Sarge is 2.6.8. It is advisable to get a newer Version. You can use either a newer debianized kernel or get a vanilla kernel. At the time this documentation is written, the latest known version is 2.6.12.4.

Enable support for: (recommended: as Module or Statically compiled in )

  • Modules and module unloading
  • Support for Pentium-III processor
  • ACPI (how to make it work) S
  • cpu-freq with ondemand governor (alternatively userspace governor) S
  • PIIX chipset
  • IDE/ATA drives and floppy (at least HDD S or initrd needed)
  • PCMCIA - Yenta cardbus
  • e100 network device M
  • usb-uhci for usb host controller M
  • i810 sound card M
  • nvram M
  • i2c M
  • AGP and radeon support M

(not yet completed)

Software

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