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