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Re: debian on IBM Thinkpad iseries (P3-500)



On Sun, 2002-03-24 at 09:05, nate wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has gotten debian to work on this
> machine. It is Type 1171-91U. It's the first machine I can
> remember that won't boot the debian install CD at all. it just
> says  "Boot Failed". I tried both CD 1 and CD 2. I installed
> SuSE 7.3 professional with no problem, but wanted to dual boot
> with debian.
> 
> running 2.2r5.
> 
> really odd...theres no floppy drive on the thing, maybe there
> is another way to boot it? maybe i could copy the kernel from
> the CD over and boot via SuSe's lilo .. ?

I have a IBM Thinkpad X22, and Potato will not boot due to a kernel bug.
Try Woody boot floppies?

Ross
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