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Re: Installing on an IBM Thinkpad A30



Install from the 3rd CD in the set.  That includes the idepci kernel which
should bypass the scsi probe.

- Sky

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, M S wrote:

> I have encountered a problem that was mentioned (although not answered)
> in December on the debian-cd and debian-boot lists. Here is the problem:
>
> While trying to install 2.2r4 from CD onto my IBM Thinkpad A30, the installation
> hangs after "md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8". The problem
> persists even when I try to boot using "linux thinkpad=floppy".
>
> I am a complete linux beginner, so I have no idea what to do. I have
> tracked down 2 leads (besides the above mentioned posts in December,
> which pose the problem but did not draw any responses). The first is
> from an old posting at:
>
> http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=2491185&list=242
>
> which suggests that I should disable the driver that is loaded after
> the md driver. I don't know how I would do this.
>
> The second lead is from someone's personal website which reads as follows:
>
> "Debian won't install on the ThinkPad: the standard kernel freezes after
> "md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8". Further research reveals
> it
> to be the SCSI probe in fdomain.c."
>
> Again, I am too much a beginner to take this information and run with
> it!
>
> Any advice would be sincerely appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
> Howard
>
>
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