Thinkpad 380Z
Hello !
I am trying to boot & install Debian on the following brand new laptop:
Thinkpad 380Z (2635JGU)
Pentium II300a
96MB ram (97728)
4GB HD
CD
floppy.
Booting from the 2.0.2 CD using DOS/loadlin dies with:
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cryptic messages here
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RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0.
...
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
So I grabbed the latest boot disks:
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2.1.5 - resc1440.bin
dies right after "Loading linux ......"
with just a cursor on the next line.
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2.1.5 - resc1440-safe.bin
dies right after "Loading linux ......"
with just a cursor on the next line.
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2.1.5 - resc1440tecra.bin
dies right after "Loading linux ......"
with "A20 gating failed"
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2.1.5 - resc1440tecra-safe.bin
dies right after "Loading linux ......"
with "A20 gating failed"
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So I then went back to the CD and tried loadlin
with root.bin on a floppy:
loadlin linux root=/dev/fd0
[insert disk, press enter....bla]
dies at:
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid ramdisk image starting at 0.
...
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 01:00
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I tried many different boot parameters to all those methods, includeing
floppy=thinkpad.....etc
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I then grabbed the RedHat boot disk, and it boots fine, although the
messages go by so fast I can't relay them here.
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Can someone step me though what I should be trying, so we can fix this
problem ? I would much prefer Debian over Redhat ! :)
Regards,
Matthew
matthew@linuxapps.com
matthew@tebbens.com
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