On Fri Jul 11 17:03:41 -0500 1997, Timothy J. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm attempting a new install on the ThinkPad 365XD w/800x600 > display, 40Mb RAM, CDROM and external floppy; at boot, the system reports > root.bin loaded, then linux, then it simply halts.
I have a similar system. Bootup from the install disks for me was always *extremely* flaky. I've found that if you wait until the system hangs, turn off the machine, then turn it back on again (and mutter the right incantation :-), it will boot up normally. Lilo will also hang the machine, but LOADLIN works well. So you'll have to keep some portion of your W*n95 partition and boot up from an appropriate batch file. > I've created 3 rescue disks on three different diskettes from two > different downloads, and all have exhibited the same problem. Booting > "linux floppy=thinkpad" has no observable effect. All were built from > this machine, a ThinkPad 760LD running Debian 1.3 (that I'm *trying* to > replace). NOTE: you don't need to use this switch for the 365XD (at least on mine). I think this problem has been fixed on later ThinkPads. YMMV. > The ThinkPad 760LD is running an upgrade from Debian 1.2. I > didn't have any boot problems with the initial Debian 1.1 installation on > the 760LD, *or* with the complete reinstall I did with Debian 1.2. The > linux-2.0.30 without modifications; in the past it has also booted the > 2.0.27, 28, and 29. > > I've not ever had any significant base install problems on > various ThinkPads until this one (365XD). Anyone have any ideas? > > -- > Cerebus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Fingerprint: > BC AB 28 19 A6 A4 FF 5B CA 4D B4 03 3A A7 F4 5C X is also a pain to install if you have a DSTN display. There's something funky with the Xfree86 3.3 SVGA server and the 365XD DSTN display, so you might want to install Xfree86 3.2 instead. I hear that things are easier with a TFT. Noel -- Immanuel V. Yap e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Graduate Student [EMAIL PROTECTED] Plant Breeding office: (607) 255-3103 320 Bradfield Hall home: (607) 256-7034 Cornell Univeristy Ithaca, NY 14853 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .