Re: Boot Problem on IBM Thinkpad solved
OBERLER@de.ibm.com writes:
> 2. I couldn't found the section
> > <h3>Rescue Floppy</h3>
> > Users of Adaptec 2940 SCSI cards, and other SCSI controllers with the
> > aic7xxx chipset, will probably experience problems with the standard
> > boot-floppies. A kind user has made some experiments which many users
> > find to solve their problems. There are two alternative Rescue
> > Floppies for the i386 architecture at <a
> > href="ftp://kalle.csb.ki.se/pub/";>ftp://kalle.csb.ki.se/pub/</a>.
> > There are also replacement kernels in that location, which you can use
> > to simply replace the existing kernels on the boot-floppies.
> in the official documentation.
this not will not be in the official install manual, but rather at
<http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/>.
> PS-2: Because I want to compile my own kernel, I would like to know what is
> the difference in the good one from the above ftp site and the non-working
> one on the CD-ROM? What components shall I select and which ones not? Any
> special settings for the Adaptec adapter?
Just only compile for the hardware you have and you should be good.
The WD SCSI drive autoprobe causes problems for some Adaptec cards.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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