On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 12:00:43PM +0200, Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > Hi, > > I know this is a pretty dumb question, but time is pressing and I just > don't get it: > > I bought a used ThinkPad 760E with Win95 installed. The machine has a > slot for either a CD-ROM or a floppy drive. Obviously the floppy drive > is defective (doesn't read disks under Win95 at all), and the BIOS > doesn't support booting from the CD-ROM.
i did this on a thinkpad x20 before i had the ultrabase (i.e., no floppy and no cd). loadlin will be your friend. follow the directions from: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-drive > > I would be glad about any comments regarding that situation. I guess I > just need a pointer in the right direction in order to make my way. hopefully that will get you going. -- Sergio J. Rey http://typhoon.sdsu.edu/rey.html Hm. Too much like COBOL. - Stewart Stremler
