RTFM for ThinkPads! Laptops! Installs! One laptop is not the same as all! I think the boot disk you need is "resc-tecra.bin" or "resc-tecra-safe.bin"
Other things: @ the boot prompt, try floppy=thinkpad, mem=<mem-1MB), etc, etc, etc... All this info is availible @ http://www.debian.org. Different combinations of this should work. There's also :debian-laptop@lists.debian.org And the TP model # would help. Regards Glen > Subject: Bootdisk for ThinkPad > Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 19:59:59 +0000 (GMT) > From: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > CC: debian-boot@lists.debian.org > > My Compaq died last Sunday, so I rented a replacement to take me to the > LSP specification meeting this weekend. Well the short version is that it > is an IBM ThinkPad, and the Debian 2.1 boot disks will not work. (root.bin > gets loaded as does the kernel, but there it hangs without uncompressing > the kernel) > > Can someone point me to a rescue disk for the ThinkPad? I can install Red > Hat 6.1 and Caldera 2.3, but not Debian! > > Please CC me on your reply, as I am not subscribed to debian-user at this > time. > > Thanks, > > Dwarf > -- > _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- > > aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 > Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 > > _-_-_-_-_-_- See www.linuxpress.com for more details _-_-_-_-_-_-_- > -- Glen S Mehn GoMo.com Systems Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can your email do this? http://www.gomomail.com
