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> Folks, > > I recently acquired a 755CDV and would like to get Linux running ASAP. > If someone happens to have a compiled kernel which > a) recognizes the CDROM > b) has PCMCIA (ethernet) support > c) and is small enough to load using loadlin > they would earn my undying gratitude by sharing it with me. I use Linux on my 755CD all the time. What I would suggest is to get the Caldera Network Desktop 1.0. It comes with support for PCMCIA devices and the CD-ROM drive in the Thinkpad. I use loadlin to load the kernel as that allows me to use the sound-blaster and cdrom stuff in Linux. If you don't want to go this way then you will need to do some patching and such to get everything working. > Failing that, I would appreciate hearing any peculiarities related to > running linux on this platform (I have already read the faq, archives and > linux-thinkpad page -- at least enough to know that the process will not be > trivial!) The biggest thing is that the CD-ROM driver code (in ide-cd.c) in the standard 1.2.13 release doesn't work with the CDROM drive in the Thinkpads. You need to use ide-cd.c from the 1.3.1 release (or Caldera which upgraded to this version). Also if you want to use sound and listen to audio CD's you need to load using loadlin. Finally I think you will *not* need the "floppy=thinkpad" for the floppy in the 755CD. > Much thanks, Hope it helps! Standard disclaimer that I have no affiliation with Caldera though I think we are working at becoming a partner with them. What I am is a very happy customer. > -Greg > wolff@crc.ricoh.com +----------------------------Ren & Stimpy--------------------------------+ | "Psst. Hey Guido. It's all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper of the | | cheese. And you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it. That's | | why he's gonna kill us. So we gotta beat it. Yeah. Before he lets | | loose the marmosets on us! Don't worry, little missy! I'll save you!" | +------------------ Brad Pepers -- pepersb@cuug.ab.ca -------------------+