So, try to submit only floppy -- without thinkpad Maybe others know better than I do -- but starting the discussion often helps others to get onto it.
Lukas On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Rainer Hahnekamp wrote: > Because this stands in the help file of the rescue disc. When I press enter, > the computer boots normally and orders then the disc with the root image. > Then he crashes with the error message: "Can't boot kernel at 02:00". > > -Rainer Hahnekamp > > -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- > Von: Lukas Ruf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Juli 2001 17:23 > An: Rainer Hahnekamp > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Betreff: Re: problems with IBM Thinkpad > > > When you boot from the floppy disk, why do you wanna pass the option > floppy=thinkpad ? Press simply enter -- what happens then? > > On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Rainer Hahnekamp wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I want to install the Debian distribution on my IBM ThinkPad 486/75 MHz. At > > first I wanted to create a dual boot system with MS-DOS & Linux, but got > > some problems during the installation. Now I deleted all my partitions and > > booted from the Rescue disc, because I can only use floppy discs. As the > > help file says I pass the parameter floppy=thinkpad to the installation > > process, but after that I get the error message: "Could not find kernel > > image: floppy=t.hin". > > As disc image I used the one from > > http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/ > > images-1.44/rescue.bin > > Can somebody help me please? > > > > -Rainer Hahnekamp > > > > P.S.: This is the third time I post this message, but I could not find it > > in > > your newsgroup If the reason is a problem with my newsreader program I > > apologize in advance for posting so often. > > > Probably because there is a FAQ ? > > --lpr
