[ltp] Problems with Floppy Drive

[Tino Keitel]

On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 21:54:31 -0700, Jason MacDermott wrote:
> I am a Linux & ThinkPad newbie - I have successfully installed Debian 2.2 on a model 365CS (I think) ThinkPad.  Now, the only way I can get Debian packages onto this machine (until I get a PCMCIA Network card that can be configured for it) is by floppy.
> 
> No big deal, I thought - but even though I can mount a WinDOS floppy, and even "ls" is and see the files, every time I try to copy anything, it fails.

What do you mean by "it fails"? Please give us the exact error message.

> 
> Is there a known problem with the ThinkPad floppy?  I can't figure out why this would be happening when it installed off the same drive!

AFAIK, older ThinkPads need a kernel parameter floppy=thinkpad. However, I
really don't know if this applies to a 365.

> 
> Thanks,
> Jay

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