Re: Low memory install on an IBM Thinkpad 700

[Elrond <grey.havens@earthling.net>]

Since the debian bootdisks are SYSLINUX disks, just mount them (MSDOS
FAT12 filesystem), take the kernel out of the tecra bootdisk and copy it
over the kernel in the lowmem bootdisk.

This is how a friend of mine which installed 2.0 did on his tp700.
Regards
raph

> On Fri, 19 May 2000, A.C. Almeida wrote:
> >
> > we are talking about a ThinkPad 700;  normal lowmem-bootdisk won't boot,
> > because of Micro Channel and ESDI driver. TP 700 needs the special one
> > for Tecras and there is no "lowmem" image available... 
> > 
> DOH! ;)
> 
> I would guess the only thing you could try is to take the normal lowmem
> boot disk, recompile a new, suitable, kernel on some machine with linux 
> and patch that over the disk.  I (obviously) don't know the details for
> tecra setup's however I sure someone here knows the neccessary tweaks
> required.
> 
> Alex
> 
>