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Hi all,
This is just a 'public record' announcement to say that
I have successfully upgraded my Thinkpad 560x with a
Fujitsu MHT2040AT 40-gig hard drive and installed Linux
on it. (Yes it can be done.) I did not try to do an MSDOS
or Windoze install since I don't use those.
The basic steps were:
1. put Slackware version 10 "a" series files on flash card
2. create Slackware boot/root/pcmcia disks
3. install drive
4. boot Slackware with flash card in PCMCIA using adapter
5. create Linux boot & swap partitions, and small FAT
partition in lower 6 gigs
6. create 33-gig partition in the remaining area
7. run pcmcia script and mount flash drive.
8. install Linux in lower Linux partition
9. use PCMCIA network card to obtain remaining Linux packages.
FYI, the 40 gig drive appears to be considerably
faster than the original 4 gig drive.
Hi all,
This is just a 'public record' announcement to say that
I have successfully upgraded my Thinkpad 560x with a
Fujitsu MHT2040AT 40-gig hard drive and installed Linux
on it. (Yes it can be done.) I did not try to do an MSDOS
or Windoze install since I don't use those.
The basic steps were:
1. put Slackware version 10 "a" series files on flash card
2. create Slackware boot/root/pcmcia disks
3. install drive
4. boot Slackware with flash card in PCMCIA using adapter
5. create Linux boot & swap partitions, and small FAT
partition in lower 6 gigs
6. create 33-gig partition in the remaining area
7. run pcmcia script and mount flash drive.
8. install Linux in lower Linux partition
9. use PCMCIA network card to obtain remaining Linux packages.
FYI, the 40 gig drive appears to be considerably
faster than the original 4 gig drive.