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Re: Need information from people who have had problems with boot



No, its an 8MB Thinkpad.  I will happily test out any new boot floppies
that are forthcoming.

Paul

On 14-Jan-97 "Bruce Perens" wrote:
>>I think this was a low-memory problem - it's a 4MB thinkpad, right?
>Dale Scheetz and Sven Rudolph are currently working on reducing memory
>usage in the boot floppies.
>
>	Thanks
>
>	Bruce
>
>> Subject: RE: Need information from people who have had problems with boot
>> I would like to point out that I have finally managed to produce a working
>> Debian installation on my Thinkpad 365XD.  I found the 1.1 diskset on
>> ftp.infomagic.com and installed the base system from those.  The 1.1 disks
>have
>> no trouble booting the Thinkpad (though I have had no luck whatsoever booting
>> with the 1.2 disks).  I then pointed dselect to the iConnect 1.2 CD that I
>had
>> purchased and worked from there.  I no longer see the 1.1 distribution on
>> ftp.debian.org - would it not be a good idea to keep it?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 07-Jan-97 bruce@pixar.com wrote:
>> >>Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> is building a new boot disk set while
>> >I am out cleaning up after a flood in my home and have no working
>> >computers. I know there are a number of people who have had trouble
>> >booting for various reasons, and Dale does not have any of the feedback
>> >you gave me. Please send him information on what drivers hang up your
>> >system, etc.
>> >
>> >	Thanks
>> >
>> >	Bruce
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>> Paul Rightley                     DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940
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Paul Rightley                     DX-3 Hydrodynamics, MS P940
Los Alamos National Laboratory    Los Alamos, NM 87545
Phone: (505)667-0460              Fax: (505)665-3359
Email: Paul Rightley <pright@lanl.gov>
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