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: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device" (I tried mounting the Rescue disk, and then a spare disk, and then I tried mke2fs'ing the floppy then mounting, and they all did the same thing). Which leads me to the main problem (I think) While looking for the docs on mounting a floppy (I'm (obviously) a Linux-newbie), I ran across some info suggesting using floppy=thinkpad at the boot prompt, and it sounded relevant. However, when I try to enter it at the "boot:" prompt, it errors with: "Could not find kernel image: floppy=t.hin", and, apparently it gives a "floppy=x.xxx" message when it's not a valid param anyway, because "floppy=ryan" gives me: "Could not find kernel image: floppy=r.yan". I'd love any help, or (at this point), any ridicule that will point me in the vaguely right direction. -Ryan
