From: Jim Meyering <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: failed installation of 1.2 on thinkpad. Tips?
I am trying to install Debian/GNU/Linux 1.2 from floppy disks on
a Thinkpad w/pentium.
I have made the 6 disks as described in
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/install.html
I inserted rescue diskette and power cycled.
I read through the on-line instructions and typed
linux floppy=thinkpad
and hit Enter.
Then I got the loading root.bin..., then loading linux......
messages, but nothing more. It just hung -- I waited at
least 15 minutes before giving up.
Have I missed something obvious?
I used these disks to install on a ThinkPad 760C about a month ago.
They worked fine.
The most likely answer to your problem is that you should not use
"floppy=thinkpad"; I didn't use it on the 760C. Modern ThinkPads do
not need that switch, only older ones, such as the trusty 755C I'm
using right now.
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