[ltp] Network autoconfiguration failed with 760e (debian Sarge floppy)

[Bert Haskins]

thinkpadr31@lkv.mailshell.com wrote:

> Yep, I'm trying a net install with boot, root, and net floppies on the
> Thinkpad 760e with no CD-ROM.   It only has 40 MB of memory, so the 

I really don't think that you have enough memory for any of the 
mainsteam Linux distros.
When I moved from FC2 to FC3, quite some time ago, the machine performance
went right down into the mud.
I quickly found out that 128M!!! was not enough, 256M restored the expected
speed level and of course, more is better..
There are several Linux mini distros that will work nicely and maybe one of
those will work for you.

Bert

>
> install went into  low-memory mode.
>
> I have failed to connect to the DHCP server to obtain an IP address.
> Another Windows laptop has been able to connect, and give me the IP
> address, DNS, WINS, DHCP server, etc.
>
> I noted the DHCP server address on the Windows laptop, and retried
> autoconfiguration after
> inputting the IP address for the DHCP server on the Thinkpad.   No luck.
>
> I've also tried several PCMCIA cards, but all of them are 10/100.
> I've used 16 and 32 bit cards, too.   I believe these cards are
> working and functional, but I haven't tried them on other computers.
>
> I've also used the noapic and nolapic parameters and tried 
> floppy=thinkpad
>
> The only thing I can consider is to use the same Ethernet PCMCIA card
> I used to successfully install Debian on a newer Dell laptop (but
> still rather old and slow).
>
> Anything else I can try?  Thanks for reading.