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Probably...you're not including a parameter after floppy=thinkpad to look for the adaptec 152x controller in your Dock II. I had to tell linux where the 152x was, and at what interrupt. Uhm...damn...I haven't startup up linux in a while...gee...i think i even forgot my root password...anyone here know how to get around it if you forget your password!???!? >From: chet@watson.ibm.com (Chet Murthy) >To: tp750@cs.utk.edu >Subject: Ack! 755CX Linux Slackware install failure! >Date: Fri, 22 Dec 95 12:56:29 -0500 > > >The title line says it all. I'm trying to boot from a SCSI CDROM >on an IBM Thinkpad DOCK II. The destination machine is a 755CX, >with an 810MB hard drive. > >I've followed the instructions, but obviously I'm doing something >terribly wrong, because with: > >"scsi" bootdisk >"color" 1.44 rootdisk > >(1) if I boot with: > >boot: ramdisk floppy=thinkpad > >the boot process asks me to insert the ramdisk. At which point, I >insert the "color" rootdisk. It then asks for that, so I just hit >return, and then the kernel panics. > >(2) if I boot with: > >boot: mount root=/dev/fd0 floppy=thinkpad > >then it doesn't ask for the ramdisk, but it *does* die when it tries to >mount the root (again). > >What am I doing wrong? I guess this is a true sign of a newbie -- >I don't have a clue what's going wrong! > >Thanks in advance for any pointers, >--chet-- > > ****************************************************************************** "Opinions are like assholes -- everybody's got one" Clint Eastwood, THE DEAD POOL Derek V. Chan (chan4@fas.harvard.edu, dchan@cybercom.net) ******************************************************************************