I got my Thinkpad T61 last night and installation was somewhat successful but not without problems:
- the main thing was to set the SATA controller to 'Compatibility' mode. 9front would find the disk and install correctly but would get stuck after the pbs if this was not set. The bell labs iso would boot but not find the disk leading to some confusion when I didn't notice it was trying to partition the install CD during installation - after setting to Compatibility mode the Bell Labs iso install would go along well until it was trying to copydist which then was either completely failing or going incredibly slow; I waited at least 15 minutes during this process and it was at around 3% before I gave up. The cd would spin up and down but it really didn't seem to be copying anything at all or at least nothing very quickly. - the middle mouse button doesn't work when using ps2intellimouse or ps2 - graphics works great at native 1280x800x16 resolution - wired networking works good So, in the end I got 9front installed but now the bell labs wiki isn't very helpful since so much has changed, with the first being how to add a new user among other things. To be honest, I'd rather be using the Bell Labs iso so if anybody could give a suggestion on how to get that working I'd appreciate it. -- Burton Samograd
