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Subject: Re: Linux on a ThinkPad T30
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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 14 Aug 2002 22:47:22 -0400
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<joncox@MIT.EDU> writes:

> Greetings,
> 
> As you might be aware, MIT brokered deals with GovConnection for the IBM
> ThinkPad T30 for the Class of 2006. Well, I purchased an IBM ThinkPad T30 (a
> great laptop). There will probably be hundreds of "newbee" freshman asking you
> for help with their new ThinkPad T30.
> 
> Anyway, I have written a very detailed document regarding how to setup and
> configure Linux on an IBM ThinkPad T30. The distros covered are RedHat 7.3 and
> Slackware 8.1. I'm sure Athena/RedHat would be very similar. It goes through all
> of the importaint hardware step by step and tells how to configure it. For
> example, no distro or website currently provides any information about getting
> 801.11b to work with the ThinkPad T30. However, this document does. 

Actually, I believe the T30 has the same wireless hardware as
the T23, and there is a good site that explains how to get the
802.11b software up and running:  http://www.alex.org.uk/T23/

The key information is:
        1) Build and compile the linux-wlan software
        2) You may need to re-run "wlan start" at APM resume  (0.1.15pre3
           has extra support for apm suspend/resume, although it doesn't
           compile out-of-the-box on Red Hat's kernel)
        3) your instructions for configuring wlan.conf is inaccurate.  You
           should set IS_ADHOC=n, leave DesiredSSID blank, and set AuthType
           to opensystem.  You do not need to set the SSID as you suggest,
           nor do you _need_ to set the DesiredSSID -- the driver will choose one.

Also, you might have better luck with e100 driver instead of the
eepro100 driver.

> So, if you are interested, please see:
> http://web.mit.edu/joncox/www/thinkpadt30.html
> 
> Feel free to link to it or use it for internal use.

I think a page specific to installing Linux-Athena would be more
useful to the general MIT community.

> -Jonathan Cox

-derek

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