[ltp] Network autoconfiguration failed with 760e (debian Sarge floppy)

[hackmiester (Hunter Fuller)]

On 9 August 2006, at 08:45, Bert Haskins wrote:

>
>
> thinkpadr31@lkv.mailshell.com wrote:
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>> Yep, I'm trying a net install with boot, root, and net floppies on  
>> the
>> Thinkpad 760e with no CD-ROM.   It only has 40 MB of memory, so the
>
> I really don't think that you have enough memory for any of the  
> mainsteam Linux distros.
That's right. I have one word for you, thinkpadr31@lkv.mailshell.com:  
FreeBSD.
> When I moved from FC2 to FC3, quite some time ago, the machine  
> performance
> went right down into the mud.
> I quickly found out that 128M!!! was not enough, 256M restored the  
> expected
> speed level and of course, more is better..
> There are several Linux mini distros that will work nicely and  
> maybe one of
> those will work for you.
>
> Bert
>
>>
>> install went into  low-memory mode.
>>
>> I have failed to connect to the DHCP server to obtain an IP address.
>> Another Windows laptop has been able to connect, and give me the IP
>> address, DNS, WINS, DHCP server, etc.
>>
>> I noted the DHCP server address on the Windows laptop, and retried
>> autoconfiguration after
>> inputting the IP address for the DHCP server on the Thinkpad.   No  
>> luck.
>>
>> I've also tried several PCMCIA cards, but all of them are 10/100.
>> I've used 16 and 32 bit cards, too.   I believe these cards are
>> working and functional, but I haven't tried them on other computers.
>>
>> I've also used the noapic and nolapic parameters and tried  
>> floppy=thinkpad
>>
>> The only thing I can consider is to use the same Ethernet PCMCIA card
>> I used to successfully install Debian on a newer Dell laptop (but
>> still rather old and slow).
>>
>> Anything else I can try?  Thanks for reading.
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