IBM thinkpad 760EL doesn't boot

[Amalio F. Nieto Serrano]

>>>>> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:33:48 +0100, "Peter Tootill" <peter.tootill@beta.co.uk> said:

> The DOS fdisk command can be used to repair the boot record on the HD - the
> syntax is: 
 
> fdisk /mbr

> If the hard disk isn't beyond hope, that should get you back...

> Hope it works!

	Thanks, but the problem is the laptop gets stuck before beginning the
boot sequence, so I cannot boot from diskette. And although I remove the hard
disk from the startup list in the BIOS (and put there only the floppy), it
acceses  the hard disk, and then waits there forever. If I phisically remove
the hard disk, it boots from the floppy ok, but then, I have no hard disk
plugged to play with.

	Amalio.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amalio F. Nieto Serrano [mailto:anieto@gsi.dit.upm.es]
> Sent: 26 July 1999 11:25
> To: linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
> Subject: IBM thinkpad 760EL doesn't boot



> 	Hi all!

> 	I have trying to install Linux (Debian 2.1) in an IBM Thinkpad
> 760EL. After trying to partition the hard disk (6.1 Gb) with Linux fdisk the
> computer doesn't boot. It seems like something has gone wrong on the hard
> disk, because, if I remove the HD, the computer is able to boot from a
> floppy. At booting, the laptop does a little acess to the HD and then stands
> waiting for ever.
> 	
> 	Do you have any suggestion for recovering the Hard Disk? Any method
> for bypassing the HD reading while booting in order to boot from floppy?

> 	Thanks in advance,

> 	Amalio.