Install ubuntu hardy heron on ThinkPad R61i and ThinkPad i1200

[Manish Sinha]

Hannah Josephine Dippe wrote:
> Hello out there,
>
> after installing ubuntu hardy heron on my old ThinkPad, it was not possible
> to bring up the display to resolution > 800x600. So I installed ubuntu7.04
> on the machine - resolution <1024x786> is no problem. Is it possible to
> install hardy heron again, and replace xorg.conf with xorg.conf old?
> Which steps are needed additional?
>
> Planning to install ubuntu on my new thinkpad too, there are some questions.
>
> The R61i comes out of the box with <ThinkVantage> - function. This
> means, that I can choose mighty recoveryfunctions while press the button
> during boot-process. The function is written to the mbr and I don't want
> to loose it.
>
> Will <grub>, after installing, support and show this mbr-member as choose, 
> or will
> it override it?
>
> I need MS-Windows, cause I'm trainer for microsoft products. I'm working 
> hard
> to became the same for unbuntu!
>
> The second option is to install ubuntu under windows using <wibu>. Witch 
> effects
> will this take to boot-process?
>
> Many thanks for your help or your good ideas.
>
>
> Greetings
>
> hannah josephine dippe
>
>
> P.S.: ThinkPad i1200 is powered by pentiumIII and 198MB RAM.
>         ThinkPadR61i is powered by Intel dual core and 2 GB RAM.
>
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>
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What is the model number of the old thinkpad? Can you give us the 
graphics chipset for the same. You can use the command
lspci | grep -i graphics

As far as R61 is concerned, AFAIK R60 too had the same Blue ThinkVantage 
button which was the mighty recover button.

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