a friend gave me a T61 and the bell-labs iso installed just fine. i can't recall using any tricks, pretty much however the bios was configured - i did it in the pub.
brucee On 16 May 2012 22:24, Burton Samograd <burton.samog...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Don't meddle in the mouth -- MVS (0416935147, +1-513-3BRUCEE)
