Re: failed installation of 1.2 on thinkpad. Tips?

[Jim Meyering <meyering@eng.ascend.com>]

Thanks for the reply!

I just tried again using resc1440.bin from

  ../debian/frozen/disks-i386/current/

I wrote and tried booting with three brand new floppies.
Same result :-(

Christian Meder <christian.meder@utoronto.ca> writes:
| On May 10, Jim Meyering wrote
| > I am trying to install Debian/GNU/Linux 1.2 from floppy disks on
| > a Thinkpad w/pentium.
| > I have made the 6 disks as described in
| >
| >    ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/stable/disks-i386/current/install.html
| >
| > I inserted rescue diskette and power cycled.
| > I read through the on-line instructions and typed
| >
| >   linux floppy=thinkpad
| >
| > and hit Enter.
| >
| > Then I got the loading root.bin..., then loading linux......
| > messages, but nothing more.  It just hung -- I waited at
| > least 15 minutes before giving up.
| >
| > Have I missed something obvious?
|
| If I remember correct I saw more often problems with the rescue disk
| of Debian 1.2 on Thinkpads. Could you perhaps try the new boot
| floppies from the upcoming 1.3 release. They are at
|  .../debian/frozen/disks-i386/current/
| Just install then from frozen and if you have any problems PLEASE
| report them so that the debian maintainers can fix them before the release
| of 1.3.
| To reassure you: There shouldn't be many problems left ;-)


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