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Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{R30}}. | Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad {{R30}}. | ||
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+ | ==General Notes== | ||
+ | * Kernels newer than 2.6.8 require <tt>pci=noacpi</tt> set on the boot line, otherwise the system will hang during boot after attempting to disable IRQ #15. Setting <tt>irqpoll</tt> as suggested by the kernel before it hangs can cause very slow boots and loss of the DVD drive. Tested on Ubuntu. | ||
==Distro specific Instructions== | ==Distro specific Instructions== | ||
*{{Install|Fedora| Core 4|R30}} | *{{Install|Fedora| Core 4|R30}} | ||
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+ | ==External Sources== | ||
+ | *[http://www.ii.uib.no/~avle/r30.html Helge Avlesen's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page] | ||
+ | *[http://www.infosun.fmi.uni-passau.de/~nils/r30.html Nils Ellmenreich's Red Hat 7.2 on a ThinkPad R30 page] | ||
+ | *[http://www.jmurray.id.au/R30-LE2005.html Mandriva LE2005 on a ThinkPad R30] | ||
+ | *[http://www.manicai.net/comp/linux/r30install.html SUSE 7.3 on a ThinkPad R30] | ||
+ | *[http://www.uhoreg.ca/thinkpadr30linux.text Hubert Chan's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page] | ||
+ | *[http://hallx049.oit.umn.edu/linux/laptops/tp-r30/ Jim Hall's Linux on a ThinkPad R30 page] |
Latest revision as of 05:04, 14 August 2007
Specific installation notes for the ThinkPad R30.
General Notes
- Kernels newer than 2.6.8 require pci=noacpi set on the boot line, otherwise the system will hang during boot after attempting to disable IRQ #15. Setting irqpoll as suggested by the kernel before it hangs can cause very slow boots and loss of the DVD drive. Tested on Ubuntu.
Distro specific Instructions
- Installation of Fedora Core 4 on a ThinkPad R30