OK, I have SuSE 6.3 working on my Thinkpad 240. Installation was not
entirely painless, but it went fairly well.
Networking is not perfect yet, but better than when I started. If I ping
another host it pauses for a few seconds before it starts then pings
normally, almost like something has to time out first. I'm still fiddling
with the pcmcia setup.
The next thing I would like to do is a system update from the SuSE ftp site
to pick up the latest bug fixes and security updates. Of course you can't
update the base system while running the base system -- you have to boot
their install floppy for that. I was not able to get networking up with
the install floppy, so I can't get on the LAN with it. I have networking
in fairly decent shape now, but I can't update the system while it's
running. Catch 22...
I need to figure out how to tweak the pcmcia/network settings while booting
the install floppy, or I need to figure out how to build an install
floppy using my kernel and settings. I would welcome any suggestions.
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Bud Rogers