System Type: Workstation
Test Completed: 2007-12-12 Lenovo ThinkCentre A61 9143-BCU is awarded the AppLabs Linux Compatibility mark.
AppLabs' www.Linux-Tested.com compatibility testing of this system showed the following distributions compatible with the Lenovo ThinkCentre A61 9143-BCU:
SuSE LINUX Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 RedHat Enterprise Workstation 5
This document presents the compatibility testing results.
System Configuration
The following table defines the system configuration tested by AppLabs.
| System Configuration as Tested |
| Company | Lenovo Group Limited |
| Model | Lenovo ThinkCentre A61 9143-BCU |
| BIOS Revision | 2UKT38AUS |
| Main Board and Chipset | 9143-BCU |
| Processor(s) | AMD® Athlon 64 4400+ X2 Dual Core 2.2 GHz |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| HBA | ATI® SB600 (SATA) |
| Motherboard Features and Capabilities | |
| Display Adapter | ATI® Radeon X1250 |
| Serial Ports | One (1) 16550 compatible |
| Parallel Ports | One (1) Enhanced Bi-directional |
| USB Ports | Six (6) USB 2 |
| I/O Ports and buses | |
| Host Bus Adapter | ATI® SB600 (SATA) |
| Network Interface | Marvell® Yukon Gigabit Ethernet |
| Audio Chipset / Sound Card | ATI® SB600 |
| Optical Drive | HLDS DVD-ROM GDRH20N (SATA) |
| Hard Drive | Seagate® ST380811AS (SATA) |
| Floppy Drive | None |
| Keyboard | Standard 101 Keyboard |
| Pointing Device | Logitech® PS/2 Mouse |
| Miscellaneous Hardware | |
Testing Results
The following table defines the hardware as tested in this system by AppLabs, and provides the pass/fail results.
Tests and determinations are available for reference in ASCII format for immediate viewing.
| Test | Comment | Result |
| Installation Testing |
| CD-ROM Installation | | PASSED |
| NFS/FTP Installation | | PASSED |
| Device Auto Probing | | PASSED |
| Base System Testing |
| Kernel Compatibility | | PASSED |
| GRUB/LILO Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Heavy I/O Test | | PASSED |
| Network Test | | PASSED |
| Network Load Test | (Not required on workstation test) | NA |
| SMP Test | (Only required multiprocessor systems) | NA |
| Display Adapter |
| Console Compatibility | | PASSED |
| X Server Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Stand Alone Monitor | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Simultaneous Display CRT/LCD | (Laptop Test Only) | NA |
| Sound Adapter |
| Basic Sound Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Advanced Sound Availibility | | PASSED |
| Advanced Sound Compatibility | | PASSED |
| Serial Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Throughput Testing | | PASSED |
| Parallel Ports |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Mouse |
| Kernel Detection | | PASSED |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
| Keyboard |
| Compatibility Testing | | PASSED |
Notes and Observations:
LAN adapter requires installation of driver install_v10.22.4.3.tar.bz2 which can be downloaded from http://www.marvell.com/drivers/driverDisplay.do?dId=153&pId=38. Before installing the driver, create the following sym link:
#ln -s /usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-8.el5-i686 /usr/src/linux
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