http://andromeda.df.lu.lv/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Leo%3ASW-notes 2026-04-29T08:46:02Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.31.0 http://andromeda.df.lu.lv/wiki/index.php?title=Leo:SW-notes&diff=785&oldid=prev 2009-07-30T00:07:14Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:07, 30 July 2009</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>== Free PDF file converter with Ghostscript ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>This was written for Windows XP. File versions are rather old, but it works for me.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Here is [[ Leo:Print_To_PDF | an older and longer version of this writeup]], more details might be found there.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>1. Get RedMon - reditrection monitor.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/redmon17.zip</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>2. Get the latest Ghostscript and Ghostview. Read first here: </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The current links at the time of writing are these:</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs864/gs864w32.exe</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/ghostgum/gsv49w32.exe</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>3. Install RedMon</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>4. Install a postscript printer driver</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>5. Install Ghostscript and Ghostview</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>6. Configure everything as in [[Leo:Print_To_PDF]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>== ThinkPad T61 setup ==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>== ThinkPad T61 setup ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> </table>

Leo http://andromeda.df.lu.lv/wiki/index.php?title=Leo:SW-notes&diff=72&oldid=prev 2008-07-09T14:07:40Z

<p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Setting up XP on T61</span></span></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:07, 9 July 2008</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>I insert XP setup CD and wait for it to start up. Eventually it does, but gives me '''a message''' saying that there is no way to do anything because '''there is no hard drive''' on this system (F3 to restart)... I did this a few times, wiping the HD clean, (re)installing Ubuntu, having Vista before nicely slugging along, even booting in the service partition of TI61 after moving it to the other end with Gparted so it is not in the way at the beginning of the hard drive, just in case XP has a problem with the partition... no luck.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>I insert XP setup CD and wait for it to start up. Eventually it does, but gives me '''a message''' saying that there is no way to do anything because '''there is no hard drive''' on this system (F3 to restart)... I did this a few times, wiping the HD clean, (re)installing Ubuntu, having Vista before nicely slugging along, even booting in the service partition of TI61 after moving it to the other end with Gparted so it is not in the way at the beginning of the hard drive, just in case XP has a problem with the partition... no luck.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>'''The solution''': Turn SATA to Compatibility mode (from <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ACHI</del>) in CMOS setup.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>'''The solution''': Turn SATA to Compatibility mode (from <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">AHCI</ins>) in CMOS setup.</div></td> </tr> </table>

Leo http://andromeda.df.lu.lv/wiki/index.php?title=Leo:SW-notes&diff=71&oldid=prev 2008-07-09T13:57:15Z

<p>New page: == ThinkPad T61 setup == === Setting up XP on T61 === (or the dream of a triple boot T61) I insert XP setup CD and wait for it to start up. Eventually it does, but gives me &#039;&#039;&#039;a messag...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== ThinkPad T61 setup ==<br /> <br /> <br /> === Setting up XP on T61 ===<br /> <br /> (or the dream of a triple boot T61)<br /> <br /> I insert XP setup CD and wait for it to start up. Eventually it does, but gives me &#039;&#039;&#039;a message&#039;&#039;&#039; saying that there is no way to do anything because &#039;&#039;&#039;there is no hard drive&#039;&#039;&#039; on this system (F3 to restart)... I did this a few times, wiping the HD clean, (re)installing Ubuntu, having Vista before nicely slugging along, even booting in the service partition of TI61 after moving it to the other end with Gparted so it is not in the way at the beginning of the hard drive, just in case XP has a problem with the partition... no luck.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;The solution&#039;&#039;&#039;: Turn SATA to Compatibility mode (from ACHI) in CMOS setup.</div>

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