On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:44:20 -0600 (CST), Phil Brutsche said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > I don't know how that could happen, I did "make oldconfig" > > That would do it... > > The driver file system struture changed quite a bit in 2.4 > > > > Um... what errors did you get when you tried the boot disk? > > > > It stalls after LILO. > > That's not right. Could it have been a bad floppy?
No, not a bad floppy. I think ThinkPads only seem to boot with the Tecra disk. > > Did you try the Debian rescue floppy? Yes, several of them. > > > > > > > Can you tell us anything about the hardware of your laptop? > > > > > It is a ThinkPad 560 > > I think I will have to reinstall in the morning. > > I'd hate to say it (as I almost *never* re-install, unless it's Windows :) > but you might have to. > > And be carefull with the 2.4 kernel next time :) I still have some base disks but they are over a year old, so I might have to download new images. thanks -- Andrew