Problems with CDROM installing on ThinkPad 600

[Collins Richey]

On 10/1/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to install a fresh version of Linux on my 8 year old ThinkPad
> 600 which is currently running SuSE 9.2 Pro in hopes that my wife can take
> it on a trip to get wireless access.  The only wireless I've been able to
> make work on the  SuSE is a USB.
>

>
> I'm downloading xubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso in hopes that may work, but
> it will be another half-hour before that's complete.
>

My experience with 7.04 on wireless was not very enchanting. I would
recommend xubuntu 1.10 (now in Beta).

> The machine is an ThinkPad 600 circa August 1999, 256MB RAM, with a DVD
> drive.  I have a pretty good selection of PCMCIA wireless and network
> cards, most of which SuSE 9.2 doesn't recognize.
>

If the 600 has an Atheros chip like my R51, the restricted-drivers
will bring in the madwifi code. Also, network manager (even Fedora is
using it now!) was miserable on 7.04, much improved on 7.10. My
wireless works without a hitch.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
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