Re: [TP560] Two CD questions

["Michael J. Kutchins, A.A.E." <kutchins@texas.net>]

To add insult to injury, the 8X, presumably lower cost PCMCIA CD is no
longer available, causing major additional financial damage.

MJK
-----Original Message-----
From: Jane Loyless <jloyless@netbox.com>
To: Michael J. Kutchins, A.A.E. <kutchins@texas.net>
Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 1997 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [TP560] Two CD questions


>At 07:47 AM 12/11/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>I may be getting into this conversation a bit late, but I hope my
disastrous
>>experience with the 560X recovery CD may help others.  I now know that to
>>use it successfully, you must have an "IBM" approved CD.
>>
>
>It goes further than that - even the 4x CD-ROM from the earlier 560's won't
>work - it has to be the 8x or 20x that's sold for the 560x.  My cow-orker
>was the one doing the eval on this unit, and he discovered that nasty fact
>when he tried to restore the pre-load prior to shipping it back.  He's been
>giving everyone he can get hold of at IBM an earful of how stupid that is.
>