[ltp] A cry for help with installation on a 560

[Guy Yasko]

>>>>> "thomas" == thomas  <thomas@bostaden.swedlaw.com> writes:

    thomas> I have a 560 thinkpad with a sony discman cd-rom using a
    thomas> using a scsi II card from adaptec (1460A). I have tried to
    thomas> install Red Hat 7.1 by creating both a boot.img disc and a
    thomas> pcmcia.img disc and a pcmciaadd.img disc, but to no
    thomas> avail. I simply cannot get the red hat installation to
    thomas> load necessary drivers and recognize my cd-rom. Since I
    thomas> can't install anything I don't know how to go about trying
    thomas> to make the linux dist. recognize my cd-rom. Does anyone
    thomas> know what I should do? From what I have found out through
    thomas> the internet the adaptec 1460A should work with linux.

way back when, i became a slackware user because i couldn't get redhat
or debian to install on my crusty old thinkpad (which is still running
as my firewall/adsl router). 

i recently installed slackware 8.0 via pcmcia on 2 tp 560s.  however,
i did it via ethernet rather than with scsi. i think they were the
easiest installs i've ever done.  is ethernet or another distribution
a possibility?  

g.m.

-- 
Guy Yasko -- gyasko@mx7.ttcn.ne.jp

SHHHH!!  I hear SIX TATTOOED TRUCK-DRIVERS tossing ENGINE BLOCKS into
empty OIL DRUMS ...

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