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> I can't address the issue of power management, but I loaded a Linux kernel > both from the recent Infomagic release and from David Hind's PCMCIA > boot floppies, and had little trouble installing Linux. I didn't have > to make any of the dreaded kernel mods for the floppy, nor did I need > the special boot floppy that apparently was needed for prior releases. > That is, the new kernel (1.2.5 and above) seems to know about ThinkPads. I also have loaded Linux on many Thinkpad laptops and it is really simple now. <some stuff deleted> > With PCMCIA support, Linux was able to find my (NE2000 compatible) > ethernet card, so I was joyfully NFS'ing very quickly. It's a real > treat to be able to cross-mount ThinkPad partitions on my Sun and vice > versa. You won't be able to do this in a production shop though, > because I found I had to HUP the inetd fairly regularly on disconnect > and reconnect. A two-point twisted-pair connection requires a special > TP cable, by the way (it's essentially a null-modem TP cable). I would be interested in how to make a null TP cable. I was going to play Doom head-to-head just yesterday but had no cable! > To get the card properly initialised, it seems that I have to boot DOS > first, and then do a LOADLIN. This suits me fine, because the default > is that it's a standard DOS/Windows box. With IRQ rearrangement, I > could probably get away with not doing this. With my NE2000 compatible card I can directly boot up (GVC model) using Lilo. > Outstanding problems: getting 16bpp from the WD driver, no access to > any MWAVE functions (including modem, SB, fax, MIDI), and no support > for my Raven CD-Note PCMCIA SCSI CD-ROM. Can anyone provide any advice > on any of these problems? Note that this is exactly where I'm sitting > with OS/2 as well, so you can guess which one I'm going to trash. > If you have problems loading Linux from your CD-ROM, but the unit is > visible from one of the other systems, then it is quite convenient to > load the distribution from the CD-ROM to your hard disk and install from > there. It's probably faster that way too. Same problems with 16bpp and MWAVE. I have looked into getting the MWAVE stuff running. I was running the drivers using DOSEMU and it was getting a fair ways except they use DMA and DOSEMU doesn't allow that. I'm still trying to track down someone at IBM willing to help me! > Anyway, if you have a similar set up, I *might* be competent to answer > questions. I could help too... > By the way, if you are going to use a ThinkPad exclusively for Linux, > then I would suggest that you purchase a cheaper Pad. The nifty goodies > like MWAVE/DSP just aren't usable, as far as I can see. An inconvenience > yes, but I'm not bitter about it as another poster appears to be. Sadly the faster CPU models come with all the extras so a cheaper pad is also slower. I got a 755CD and really only miss the MWAVE stuff not working in Linux. I also have a problem with my PCMCIA ethernet card when I have the CD-ROM drive in (the net card stops working). I can mount CD's and such though from Linux so I'm happy about that! > In X, be sure to use a virtual screen (defined in XFConfig). You'll really > miss the higher resolution otherwise. I miss the higher res. Can use an external monitor for 1024x768 res though. > Overall, my 755CE performs at an almost identical clip to my Sun SS10/41. > For cache intensive stuff, the 1MB cache of the 41 can't be beat, but > for basic computing they are both qualitatively and quantitatively similar. > > Cheers, > Eugene Fiume. +----------------------------Ren & Stimpy--------------------------------+ | "Psst. Hey Guido. It's all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper of the | | cheese. And you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it. That's | | why he's gonna kill us. So we gotta beat it. Yeah. Before he lets | | loose the marmosets on us! Don't worry, little missy! I'll save you!" | +------------------ Brad Pepers -- pepersb@cuug.ab.ca -------------------+