[ltp] [560X] boot options

Guy Yasko linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
04 Jan 2002 21:45:32 +0900


>>>>> "Pradeep" == Pradeep Rao <rvceece@yahoo.com> writes:

    Pradeep> Hello, Just wanted to clarify the various startup/boot
    Pradeep> options in the TP560X BIOS.  1. There's floppy1 and
    Pradeep> floppy 2; whats the difference ?  2. What does the PCMCIA
    Pradeep> boot expect to find ? A PCMCIA floppy drive or a CDROM
    Pradeep> drive ? Which socket does it query ?  3. How do I get to
    Pradeep> use the network boot ?

sorry didn't read your other post and didn't realise you were without
a floppy drive.  does the machine have dos/windows on it?  if so, you
could use loadlin to mount a floppy image -- assuming that you could
get the floppy image in there somehow.  

g.y.

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