[EMAIL PROTECTED] "Debian User" (!) wrote: > I've tryed the normal resc1440, and also the tecra, safe and tecra safe > version, and all of these failed. and i also tryed many option of the > kernel, as floppy=thinkpad, hd=C,h,s, etc.. but all af these failed and the > computer hang directly after reading the kernel from the disk and trying to > start it. > Then i tryed to use the same rebuilded kernel i use on my computer, this > was 2.0.36, so i did copy my vmlinux-2.0.36 as linux on my rescue disk, but > i had the same result as before. > After all this, debian 2.1 r4 has been out, and i did rebuild the 2.0.38 > source, and then after copying it to my boot disk, the laptop booted, that's > better than before, but i don't understand why it worked now, since i used > the same option in my 2.0.38, is it a bug in the 2.0.36?
I suspect bad floppy disks, a problem I've had with a past Debian installation. If you have the thing working with DOS or Windows or OS/2, you could test this by downloading the files directly to its hard drive and using a LOADLIN install. > So now it boot but i've got another problem, the kernel detect a toshiba > ide drive that is of another capacity and if i try to force my chs by using > hd=1575,16,63 it still detect the wrong chs and tell me it's a toshiba, not > the ibm, what can i do? On my ThinkPad 755, the installer detects a Toshiba drive, but with the correct capacity. Are you sure it's wrong? Maybe your other OS is using only part of the capacity? Have you checked the Hardware-HOWTO? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum <http://dm.net>
