Re: problems with IBM Thinkpad

["Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov>]

"Rainer Hahnekamp" <rainer.h@yline.com> writes:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> I want to install the Debian distribution on my IBM ThinkPad 486/75 MHz. At 
> first I wanted to create a dual boot system with MS-DOS & Linux, but got 
> some problems during the installation. Now I deleted all my partitions and 
> booted from the Rescue disc, because I can only use floppy discs. As the 
> help file says I pass the parameter floppy=thinkpad to the installation 
> process, but after that I get the error message: "Could not find kernel 
> image: floppy=t.hin".
> As disc image I used the one from 
> http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386/current/
> images-1.44/rescue.bin
> Can somebody help me please?

You need to specify the kernel as well as the parameter. Something
along the lines of:

        linux floppy=thinkpad

instead of just
        
        floppy=thinkpad

should do the trick. Also, give it a shot without the
"floppy=thinkpad" bit. Some of the thinkpads need that parameter and
others don't.

Gary