Lenovo ThinkPad R61i - Manual (Page 15)

Installation requirements: 2.4 GB of free hard disk space. The base install uses
930 MB.
Minimum system memory requirements: 256 MB system RAM to install Rescue
and Recovery.
Hard disk drive configuration: The Rescue and Recovery program is not
supported on the factory pre-loads for original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
computers (non-IBM or non-Lenovo).
Note: For the Rescue and Recovery program, the OEM computers hard disk drive
must be configured according to recommendations in “Scenario 2 - Installing on
OEM systems” on page 78.
Support for booting from external media (CD/DVD and USB): Non-IBM or
non-Lenovo computer and devices (USB hard disk drive, CD-R/RW,
DVD-R/RW/RAM, or DVD+R/RW) must fully support one or more of the
following specifications:
v
ATAPI Removable Media Device BIOS Specification
v BIOS Enhanced Disk Drive Services - 2
v Compaq Phoenix Intel ® BIOS Boot Specification
v El Torito Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification
v USB Mass Storage Class Specification Overview (Each device must comply with
the command block specification in the section 2.0 Subclass code in the
″USB
Mass Storage Class Specification Overview. ″)
v USB Mass Storage specification for boot-ability
Video requirements:
v
Video compatibility: VGA-compatible video that supports a resolution of 800 x
600 and 24-bit color
v Video memory:
– On non-shared video memory systems: a minimum 4 MB of video RAM
– On shared video memory systems: a minimum of 4MB and maximum of 8
MB can be allocated for video memory.
Application compatibility: Some applications that have complex filter driver
environments (such as antivirus software) might not be compatible with the Rescue
and Recovery software. For information regarding compatibility issues, refer to the
Readme file and various utilities that accompany the Rescue and Recovery
software. For additional information see the Lenovo Web site at:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage
Network adapters for Rescue and Recovery: The Rescue and Recovery
environment supports only wired PCI-based, Ethernet network adapters. Network
device drivers included in the Rescue and Recovery environment are the same
drivers that are pre-populated in Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating
system and are independent of the Windows operating system. For supported
IBM-branded and Lenovo computers, required drivers are included with Rescue
and Recovery software.
If an OEM network device in your computer is not supported, refer to the device
manufacturer documentation for instructions to add support for system-specific
network drivers. Request drivers from your OEM.
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