Questions & Answers for: IBM ThinkPad linux

...files if you remove the password. If there are files on there that you need I recommend using a Linux Live disk to get the computer running for a bit and then copy those files to a flash drive or ...

...message, but it is possible that it might not show anything other than a blinking cursor pop a linux live cd (I reccomend PC Linux 2007) that is what I am using in my ibm t-21 laptop. It will ...

...passwords and usernames for the laptop. Also another possibility is to load one of the graphical Linux OS's available on the market. Load the new OS on a cd, they press F12 to enter into the boot ...

onto somethin' w/ this whole Scotsman thing..... ;) You're going to fair a whole lot better running Linux on that old critter. That's why I'm still hangin' onto my old IBM Thinkpad. It's just too good

Linux Install I am trying to install a Linux distro (Ubuntu) o my laptop in place of the existing Windows XP Pro. For some reason this is taking forever and going nowhere. Is the laptop too out of ...

...driver is messed up. Best option is to reinstall the operating system. An alternative is to have a Linux-savvy friend try to boot it up with a Linux-live rescue CD to see if that fixes the display ...

Tryin to run linux based os on 600e 2645. I am currently tryin to set up this old laptop to run on any linux distro. that will work with my sound and video. Most of them will install and run fine with

...this for hours everywhere. i have an ibm thinkpad g40. im running ubuntu 8.10 and am new in the linux world. my dad dropped the computer and broke the backlight. the computer is old and crappy

...and says, "Operating System not found" usually this means that the previously installed windows/linux operating system is corrupted....best to re-install operating system via disc

third row change the nomber "02" to "01" 10. press f3 11. reboot your laptop Source: http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/pipermail/linux-thinkpad/2004-February/015935.html Hope this helps