Installing Arch Core 2008 on a ThinkPad T60

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Specs

Here are the specs of the model used for this tutorial (I've left out modem, infrared, cardbus since I haven't ever used them):

Processor Intel Core 2 Duo (Merom) 1.67GHz
Graphics Adaptor Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Display 14" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution
RAM 1 GB
Harddisk 80GB 5400 RPM Hitatchi
Audio Intel HD Audio 1.0 controller
Ethernet Ethernet Controllers#Intel Gigabit (10/100/1000)
Optical LG-Hitatchi HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4083N Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
Wireless Intel Wireless 3945 a/b/g.
Biometric STMicroelectronics Fingerprint Reader

Getting the OS

For this installation I used Arch Core 2008.6, version i686. You can get the image on the Arch download page. Download it and burn it onto a CD.

Basic installation

I basically followed the instructions of the ArchWiki.