Re: Laptop Recommendations? Thinkpad
On 02 Feb 2007, Bruno.Voigt@ic3s.de wrote:
> Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> schrieb am 02.02.2007 09:34:50:
>
> > I've just acquired a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61M and am still in the process of
> > setting up Debian on it. It's a beautiful machine, if expensive. Last
> > time I bought a Thinkpad, about 2 years ago, I deleted all traces of
> > Windows. This time I decided to keep it, mainly because about once or
> > twice a year I need to test some Windows programme or other. The reason
> > quoted above is another which I hadn't thought of.
>
> > Keeping Windows was quite a struggle because I had difficulties
> > shrinking the partition (discussed elsewhere on this list). I finally
> > managed it after a day and a half. I nearly gave up but it did work in
>
> I installed Debian/unstable on a new Thinkpad Z61p.
> Unfortunately my usual procedure using netboot Debian-NetInstaller didn't
> work,
> because it didnt liked the Broadcom TG3 ethernet.
[snip]
Same here. I used a pcmcia card (still using it in fact because Broadcom
still not working).
>
[snip]
Did you get sound to work? I've configured it with alsaconf and it went
off correctly but no sound apart from beep. No idea how to solve this.
Anthony
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