"EL TUCK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i´m triying to install debian ver 1.3 on mi IBM 365 xd laptop for > the first time > > i have 8mb of ram, a 810 mb hard disk drive (cyl 788 , heads 32 , > sectors 63) , but the systems stops when booting from the rescue > disk , when i pressed F4 the table says something like
[snip] Recent ThinkPads are more PC-compatible than older ones. For a first try, just type [Enter] at the boot: prompt. If everything works after that, you're in business (at least until you try to work out what kind of graphics it's got, for installing X). Otherwise, try typing "linux floppy=thinkpoint" then [Enter] as suggested by the text you quoted. -- Carey Evans <*> http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc kernel: Warning: possible SYN flooding. Sending cookies. kernel: validated probe(100007f, 100007f, 11557, 5010, -1645409555) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .