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Installing Fedora Core 5 on IBM Thinkpad 770

Last updated: april 2006

General Hardware Specifications of IBM Thinkpad 770:

Hardware Components	Status under Linux	Notes
Pentium 233 MHz	Works	No special procedure required during installation.
14.1 SVGA TFT Display	Works	Select Generic LCD Display 1024x768 16bit thousands colors in Installer
Trident Video	Works	No special procedure required during installation
256MB, SDRAM	Works	No special procedure required during installation
5 GB Hard Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
PCMCIA Network Card	Works	No special procedure required during installation
CD-ROM Drive	Works	No special procedure required during installation
CS Sound Card	Works	Add these 3 lines to your /etc/modprobe.conf file: alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236 alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4236 options snd-cs4236 port=0x530 cport=0x538 isapnp=0 dma1=1 dma2=0 irq=5 Add this line to your /etc/rc.local file: /sbin/modprobe snd-cs4236

This laptop is operating under Kernel version kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i586

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