"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 (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.
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=thinkpad parameter. I think there's a problem with battery charging though. Haven't paid much attention to it since ours are plugged in all the time, but it may be an issue for you. Gary
