Install ubuntu hardy heron on ThinkPad R61i and ThinkPad i1200

[Hannah Josephine Dippe]

The old ThinkPad is an i-series 1200 - 1161-G92

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manish Sinha" <manishsinha.tech at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Install ubuntu hardy heron on ThinkPad R61i and ThinkPad i1200


> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> 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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