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| − | Installation of Ubuntu 6.04 Flight 5 on a T60 (2623D6U).
| + | #REDIRECT[[Installing Ubuntu 6.06 on a ThinkPad T60]] |
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| − | The Ubuntu 5.10 installer did not recognize the network card (Intel 82573L), so I decided to try 6.04.
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| − | === WARNING: THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NOTES. MY INSTALL IS NOT COMPLETE YET. ===
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| − | == Installation of Ubuntu 6.04 alpha Flight 5 ==
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| − | * First, you should look at {{Install|Ubuntu| 5.04|T43 (1875)}}. There is information on preserving the functionality of the ThinkVantage button, which I did not follow.
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| − | * You should probably create the IBM Rescue CDs before you begin. I expected the rescue partition to be able to restore my system to the factory default state if I messed up, but I was wrong.
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| − | * Downloaded CD ISO of Ubuntu's Dapper flight 5 (http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/flight5).
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| − | * I used the installer's partitioner. I eliminated the Windows partition, left the IBM recovery partition alone, and created four partitions for the Linux system: / (8GB), /usr (8GB), swap (2.5GB), and /home (56.4 GB).
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| − | * I let the installer install GRUB in the MBR. I kind of regret doing that because now the ThinkVantage button does not work properly. See the T43 instructions on the alternative methods.
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| − | * The installer recognized the network card (unlike Ubuntu 5.10).
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| − | * The blue "ThinkVantage" button now goes to GRUB instead of IBM's Rescue System. You can get to the IBM partition from the GRUB menu by choosing the "Windows NT" partition.
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| − | == Fixes ==
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| − | * X wouldn't start. There is no support for the ATI x1300. I changed the Device driver in xorg.conf from "ati" to "vesa" and made the maximum resolution 1024x768 with a color depth of 24, which at least works.
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| − | * Sound does not work.
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| − | * I did a network upgrade of all packages (on March 23, 2006), and this killed X. So I reinstalled Ubuntu. I will wait until Dapper Drake looks more stable before doing another upgrade.
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| − | * I installed the linux-686-smp package to support the dual core processor. I verified that it worked by looking at /proc/cpuinfo.
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