I now have my shiny new Thinkpad R51 which is the insurance replacement for my stolen 6 year old Dell Latitude. Not a bad exchange really.
I have installed Debian Testing using the Net install .iso image. It includes a 2.6 kernel because the wireless networking on the Thinkpad uses the ipw2200 driver which runs only under a 2.6 kernel.
I had to install the 2.6.8 kernel source and recompile my own kernel to be then able to compile and install the ipw2200 driver. The original kernel was a kernel image using an initial ram disc. My compiled kernel doesn't use a ram disc.
It all works - BUT - when the machine boots I get an error message:
"EXT2-fs warning (device hda5): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2"
Can anyone suggest what might cause this?
Barry Samuels http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk The Unofficial Guide to Great Britain