Last updated: 19 November 2006
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General Hardware Specifications of Thinkpad R42 “1858MQ8”:
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Hardware Components |
Status under Linux |
Notes |
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Celron M 370 Processor, 1.5 GHz |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation. |
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14” TFT Display |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation. |
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Intel media graphics accelerator 900 |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation. |
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512 MB PC2 4200 DDR2 (533 Mhz) RAM |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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40 GB HDD |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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DVD/CD-RW Combo DRIVE |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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Intel Integrated Network Card |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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Internal 56k Modem |
Doesn't Work |
Don't try |
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DVD CD Combo |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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Integrated wireless network |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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Lithium-Ion Battery |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
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Intel 910GML chipsets |
Works |
No special procedure required during installation |
This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.15-26-386
Basic Installation of MEPIS:
Why to use ?
If you had read the
ubuntu on the
same laptop then the question would not have arrived. Since I could not
install many of the Codecs and plugins on ubuntu also I had to
make lot of effort on installing applications offline. I had then
wanted to move from ubuntu to MEPIS or SuSE. I hence tried MEPIS.
While I have shorted out the procedure for installation of software on ubuntu after good amount of efforts.
Click here for the porcedure.updated on 25th Feb. 2007
When I started live CD of MEPIS it was rocking. Following things started working from LIVE CD.
Obtaining MEPIS http://www.mepis.com
Installing:
For using the ZTE Reliance PCMCIA CDMA wireless internet card, I had installed WindowsXP (to expire soon) on LAPTOP. Windows is installed in first 5.5GB of the HDD formated FAT32 while balance was kept unpartitioned. I made another partition of 5.8GB ext3 just after FAT32 partition using QTParted from live CD. I had read in the installation guide that MEPIS will detect Windows and add to the GRUB & it did the same ! I allowed MEPIS to write in MBR.
Post-Install modifications/tweaks
It does not require any . . . !
Setting up additional features for MEPIS
Unresolved issues
Internal Modems as usual
New Hardware PCMCIA modem ZTE CDMA 1X needs attentions of developers. (this is something which I have to stop crying of and look for other options very soon.)
Configuration Files
I did not (and better not) change them.
My opinion
My overall impression is that MEPIS rocks, with every thing packed in the 3 extra CDs given its really good for the people who do not have internet working on their Linux desktop/laptop.Contact Information
ynd at lntenc dot com
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