Got my first notebook thinkpad x61!
Yestaday, I got my first notebook thinkpad x61. It has a T8100 CPU, 2GB memory and 250GB HD. (You can find more detail at here. The first one is my type.) 9:25a.m, I got to the Harbin’ Branch of Digital China. There are two nice boys and they help me finish the process for getting the computer. Nearly one hour later, I got back to my school with the thinkpad.
After lunch, I started to deal with the system: Windows Vista is there but I don’t like it. I prefer to linux, whick i am more familiar with. I use Debian lenny at usual time and you know I spend much time to configure it as I wish. So I want to move the whole system on my PC to the thinkpad. For that, I follow these steps:
- First of all, I pack the system as a file, a big file. Use this command: tar cvpzf backup.tgz –exclude=’/proc/*’ –exclude=/lost+found –exclude=/ba
ckup.tgz –exclude=’/mnt/*’ –exclude=’/sys/*’ / . It would create a file named backup.tgz at the root directory. Wait a while^_^. - Then copy the file to the partition which I got ready for linux root directory at the X61. I used Acronis software to split the partition and size it 50GB and format it to ext3 fs. After the preparation, I copy the file to the partition. How to copy? you have many choices. i.e. , under Windows Vista you can use usb device or LAN to copy the file to NTFS fs partition(fat32 is not supposed because 4G filesize limit is end~), then use ext2ifs or other software to move the file to the ext3 partition. But I didn’t do it like that. I use a use disk whick is bootable. I installed slax over the usb disk. After booting from the usb disk, mount the ext3 fs, copy the file to it. Very easy.
- The last step, even easier! Pack the big file, and you can guess it will cost some time. Use the command: tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C /. After that you should fix the grub. Everyone can do it!. Get to the directories which you packed and find the command–grub. Run it and get into the grub command interface. Then “root (hd0, 5)” and “setup (hd0)”, at last “reboot”.Notice : here I supposed the ext3 fs locate on /dev/*da6.
Finish the three steps and you can boot linux at your X61~Even better, the system is configured as you wish!Of cource, some drivers are different between your X61 and PC.That’s next……
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