On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 03:46, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > Hello to all: > > Whenever I boot from a rescue disk created with Potato or Woody, then > switch to the root disk, I constantly get an end_request error. > > I've tried every configuration I can think of, including: > > - Switching disable/enable legacy floppy support in BIOS > > - Using the LS-120 drive and external "normal" USB floppy drives > > - Custom kernel with no RAMDISK support, but with USB and IDE floppy (for > the LS-120) and the new Intel E100 NIC. > > - Telling Boot: combinations of rescue root=/dev/fd1 and the thinkpad option > > - Booting with only the USB floppy for both rescue and root and no drive > (LS-120 or DVD) in the internal bay > > > I've successfully installed from CD-ROM, but I want to install from normal > 1.4 Meg floppies from the LS-120. When I reformatted (due to other issues) > I got kernel crashes twice after per subsequent reinstallation attempts. > > Windows XP has worked flawlessly on it, so I know the laptop itself is good. > > The custom kernel is based on 2.4.20 since it is the latest stable which > also supports the new E100 NIC in this Thinkpad. > > It is a Thinkpad R31, model 2656 E5U.
Is the LS-120 an IDE device? Are you telling it to look at /dev/hd? instead of /dev/fd? Something like root=/dev/hdc (I'm interested to know hot you get it to work; I might have to install with one of these at some point - not a laptop though) Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
