Re: Boot Param: floppy=thinkpad

1998-11-23 Thread Richard E. Hawkins Esq.
nathan nattered, > You need to give the kernel name first, then the parameters. On the > boot floppies I think it's just "linux". So, at the boot prompt, you'd > type: > linux floppy=thinkpad > I've installed Debian successfully on two different 755C's and you do > indeed need the floppy=thinkp

Re: Boot Param: floppy=thinkpad

1998-11-23 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"Ryan King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | I'm trying to install Debian on an IBM Thinkpad 755C, and was having | trouble with the floppy drive during the installation. (It does fine until | time to install the drivers, and then all I get "/dev/fd0: Device not | configured"). | | When I `mount -t

Re: Boot Param: floppy=thinkpad

1998-11-23 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Ryan King wrote: : I'm trying to install Debian on an IBM Thinkpad 755C, and was having : trouble with the floppy drive during the installation. (It does fine until : time to install the drivers, and then all I get "/dev/fd0: Device not : configured"). At the boot: promp

Boot Param: floppy=thinkpad

1998-11-23 Thread Ryan King
I'm trying to install Debian on an IBM Thinkpad 755C, and was having trouble with the floppy drive during the installation. (It does fine until time to install the drivers, and then all I get "/dev/fd0: Device not configured"). When I `mount -t (ext2|msdos|dos|*) /dev/fd0 /mnt`, I get: "mount: /d