IBM 755CD

[Pr. Robert Wurst]

At 09:53 PM 8/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>| I'm new to Linux and am trying to load Linux Mandrake 6.0 onto the system.
>| The only problem I've run into (so far:)) is that the floppy and the CD-Rom
>| share the same bay. When I boot up using the floppy, it doesn't recognize
>| the CD-Rom. Any suggetions? TIA
>
>Does your Thinkpad model support booting from CD?  The Mandrake CD is
>bootable.

No, it doesn't support booting from CD

>Is there no cable for attaching the floppy drive externally?

No, don't have that either.

>You could mount the CD on another machine and make it available by FTP
>or NFS, then boot off the floppy and perform a network install.

That's an idea. I'll have to get a cable and try that. Thanks for the the
suggestion.

Rob