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<Keith Moore> writes: > > > > > > Does anyone know which disk controller chips the 750 and 755 use? > > > > > > > When I boot from my Linux install bootdisk, it reports : > > > > "FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077" > > > > Means nothing to me, though. It's just a shame that I can't get the boot > > kernel to load the root disk -- I get a floppy I/O error. > > That's either because the thinkpad has a different floppy drive type than > Linux is used to, or because the thinkpad floppy's disk change line has the > opposite assertion level than nearly every other PC on the planet. > > Both of these problems have been solved, but the bottom line is that the > thinkpad requires a different version of Linux. > > Do you know about the Linux-on-a-ThinkPad web page? It's at: > > http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/html/linux-thinkpad.html For people behind firewalls (like us) who have access only for ftp & telnet, can I ftp these (or FAQ or any blurb!). Thanks, /Pradeep