It's out of topic. Depends on compilation.
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> 1. Re: Dual booting of english and Spanish windows on T20
> (Ted Wiseman)
> 2. best place to buy IBM FRU parts? (Aleksander Slominski)
> 3. Re: best place to buy IBM FRU parts? (Bruce Markowitz)
> 4. A31p with 1GB RAM and Linux anybody? (Richard Jelinek)
> 5. Re: A31p with 1GB RAM and Linux anybody? (STeve Andre')
> 6. Re: A31p with 1GB RAM and Linux anybody? (Peter Seebach)
> 7. Re: T600E harddisk upgrade ?? (r s)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:38:50 -0700
> From: Ted Wiseman <thinkpad@sus2.net>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Dual booting of english and Spanish windows on
> T20
> To: ted.ffrater@virgin.net
> Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
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> On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 22:48:43 +0100, you wrote:
>
> >Thanks to those who have replied so far.
> >Re Ted Wisemans post, could it be that a part is missing? if so any
> >chance of a repost?
> > progress!
> >Ted Frater
>
> I accidentally hit the send button before I'd finished composing the
> first post,, so I later sent the second post as a continuation. If
> you did not receive the first part, here it is::
>
> ========================================================
> Why does she want to do this? If it's to learn Spanish computer
> terminology then she should exclusively use an OS installed in
> Spanish. Not having an English language install to fall back on will
> make the learning go faster (like not speaking English in a Spanish
> class).
>
> If instead the main objective is to prepare documents in Spanish, this
> can be done quite easily by installing the OS with an International
> keyboard layout (US-International is what I use) so that :
>
> apostrophe key + vowel key = accented vowel, e.g, ' + a = á
> Ctrl Alt + ? = ¿
> Ctrl Alt + ! =
> ========================================================
>
> As a footnote, I assume you are in the UK, but I do not know what
> happens if you select "UK" for the keyboard layout in Windows, and I
> don't know if there is an International option for a UK configuration
> The above refers to choosing "United States - International" for the
> keyboard layout.
>
> Also, to comment on Deanna Berman's post about extended characters
> such as the above being available in Windows Character Map ... Yes
> they are, and if you only want to access them occasionally then
> Character Map is fine for that. But the process for entering each
> letter or symbol via Character Map is rather tedious - copying and
> pasting, or entering multiple key and number combinations. For typing
> in a language like Spanish that requires frequent accented vowels and
> extended characters, the above option requires far less key strokes
> and is much faster.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 13:44:53 -0500
> From: Aleksander Slominski <aslom@cs.indiana.edu>
> Subject: [Thinkpad] best place to buy IBM FRU parts?
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> hi,
>
> i am looking to buy FRU 08K5676 (Cover, hard-disk drive for 15.0-in.
> models
>
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4PEV9X)
> and i wonder what would be the best place online to do it?
>
> searching web shows big differences in prices:
> http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=08K5676&btnG=Search+Froogle
>
> any pointers/recommendations appreciated.
>
> thanks,
>
> alek
>
> --
> The best way to predict the future is to invent it - Alan Kay
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:53:26 -0400
> From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] best place to buy IBM FRU parts?
> To: "Aleksander Slominski" <aslom@cs.indiana.edu>,
> <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Message-ID: <00a301c47be6$aec5f540$47e7b90a@X20>
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>
> acs parts is very reliable if they have it in stock
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aleksander Slominski" <aslom@cs.indiana.edu>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:44 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] best place to buy IBM FRU parts?
>
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i am looking to buy FRU 08K5676 (Cover, hard-disk drive for 15.0-in.
> > models
> >
>
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4PEV9X)
> > and i wonder what would be the best place online to do it?
> >
> > searching web shows big differences in prices:
> > http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=08K5676&btnG=Search+Froogle
> >
> > any pointers/recommendations appreciated.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > alek
> >
> > --
> > The best way to predict the future is to invent it - Alan Kay
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 00:30:26 +0200
> From: Richard Jelinek <rj@petamem.com>
> Subject: [Thinkpad] A31p with 1GB RAM and Linux anybody?
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Message-ID: <20040807003026.A5998@petamem.com>
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>
> Hi,
>
> I've upgraded today my A31p from 768MB to 1GB. Not a pleasant
> experience I may say. I'm running SuSE Linux 8.2 with an 2.4.22 kernel
> and encountered several problems:
>
> Phase I: Kernel has only up to 1GB support
>
> * 1GB + USB (RF Mouse) -> BOOM
> * 1GB all peripherals detached -> 900MB seen (seemed stable but
> haven't tested it very thoroughly)
>
> Phase II compiled Kernel with 4GB support
>
> * 1024MB seen, but segmentation faults
> recompiled and cross-checked all modules too
>
> * segmentation faults
>
> * Inserted the old 256MB module instead of the 512MB module (both
> original IBM parts - made by Infineon)
> -> Still boom/segmentation faults.
>
> Puzzled.
>
> Linux problem(?): 4GB kernel + less than 1024MB no go?
> Hardware problem(?): Why then the probs with the old 512+256MB config?
>
> Any suggestions how to enjoy the 1GB or - at least - return to a
> non-error operation with the 768MB? That was not a successfull
> excursion into the world of Thinkpad upgrading...
>
>
> --
> best regards,
>
> Dipl.-Inf. Richard Jelinek
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 18:31:08 +0000
> From: STeve Andre' <andres@msu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] A31p with 1GB RAM and Linux anybody?
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Message-ID: <200408061831.08459.andres@msu.edu>
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>
> I'm not sure your memory is good. These days, I can't imagine that Linux
> couldn't just find and use 1G of memory out of the box.
>
> I'd go find "memtest86" and run that.
>
> I got 1G of memory in this A31p when I got it and both Windows and
> OpenBSD have seen it perfectly ever since, so check the ram.
>
> --STeve Andre'
>
> On Friday 06 August 2004 22:30, Richard Jelinek wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've upgraded today my A31p from 768MB to 1GB. Not a pleasant
> > experience I may say. I'm running SuSE Linux 8.2 with an 2.4.22 kernel
> > and encountered several problems:
> >
> > Phase I: Kernel has only up to 1GB support
> >
> > * 1GB + USB (RF Mouse) -> BOOM
> > * 1GB all peripherals detached -> 900MB seen (seemed stable but
> > haven't tested it very thoroughly)
> >
> > Phase II compiled Kernel with 4GB support
> >
> > * 1024MB seen, but segmentation faults
> > recompiled and cross-checked all modules too
> >
> > * segmentation faults
> >
> > * Inserted the old 256MB module instead of the 512MB module (both
> > original IBM parts - made by Infineon)
> > -> Still boom/segmentation faults.
> >
> > Puzzled.
> >
> > Linux problem(?): 4GB kernel + less than 1024MB no go?
> > Hardware problem(?): Why then the probs with the old 512+256MB config?
> >
> > Any suggestions how to enjoy the 1GB or - at least - return to a
> > non-error operation with the 768MB? That was not a successfull
> > excursion into the world of Thinkpad upgrading...
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:24:47 -0500
> From: thinkpad@seebs.plethora.net (Peter Seebach)
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] A31p with 1GB RAM and Linux anybody?
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Message-ID: <200408070224.i772Olo6009724@guild.plethora.net>
>
> In message <20040807003026.A5998@petamem.com>, Richard Jelinek writes:
> >I've upgraded today my A31p from 768MB to 1GB. Not a pleasant
> >experience I may say. I'm running SuSE Linux 8.2 with an 2.4.22 kernel
> >and encountered several problems:
>
> Hmm.
>
> If someone wants to send me a 512MB chip, I'll happily report back on
NetBSD.
> :)
>
> -s
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2004 03:23:17 +1000 (EST)
> From: r s <rskr_au@yahoo.com.au>
> Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: T600E harddisk upgrade ??
> To: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Message-ID: <20040807172317.70079.qmail@web53702.mail.yahoo.com>
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>
> I am thinking of upgrading the harddisk on my Thinkpad T600E.
>
> Currently it has an internal 6.4GB drive.
>
> I am a novice with regards to Hardware and would appreciate your help/info
regarding the following :
>
> a) The current 6.4GB drive is rated at 4200/2MB. I am thinking about
buying a 20GB/30GB drive.
>
> Most drives that I find are rated at 5400 or 7200 with 8MB cache.
>
> Will the T600E support these newer drives or should I stick with buying a
drive rated for 4200/2MB itself ?
>
> b) I have noticed that 3.5" drives are much cheaper than 2.5" drives.
> Ideally, I would like to retain the existing 6.4GB internal harddisk
and buy an external 3.5" drive ( say 160GB or 200 GB) drive and connect it
to the T600E.
>
> Is this possible ? Has anybody tried something similar ?
>
> Any pointers would be much appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> RS
>
>
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