Rafe wrote:

--- Ken Schneider wrote:

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On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 10:29 -0700, Rafe wrote:

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I did not know about the floppy= parameters -

thanks

...

for pointing it out. I still get the error:

"Boot failed: please change disks and press a key

to

...

continue."

Pressing a key does nothing. I goggled the

floppy=

...

parameter and tried ALL the possible settings

-same

...

error every time. I even tried floppy=debug and

got

...

nothing new. I tried all the above with and

without

...

quotes "".

I am going to buy a second new box of floppies.

The

...

Office Depot near me only sells their brand and I

may

...

need better floppies. Has anyone else had to

switch

...

floppy brands to get this to work? The floppies

pass

...

verify on my linux box, but that does not mean

they

...

are prefect. I seem to remember that the device drivers for floppies sometimes will try to read several times before giving up and maybe on the

setup

...

disk every thing has to work the first time.

Rafe

Please don't top post. How are you creating the floppies? If using linux dd would be the command and if using windows rawwrite would be used.

-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998

"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Sorry about the top posting.

I am using linux to create the floppies:

dd if=bootdisk1 of=/dev/fd0

I am trying memorex floppies right now, but still no luck.

Rafe

It is time for you to hit the Web "linux laptops" on Google: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hs=H4p&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=linux+laptops&btnG=Search There are several sites that focus on Sony Laptops. Search for the answer on Google and I bet you will be able to get it to work. Adam

--- Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd wrote:

Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd wrote:

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Rafe wrote:

...

--- Ken Schneider wrote:

...

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 10:29 -0700, Rafe wrote:

...

I did not know about the floppy= parameters -

thanks

...

for pointing it out. I still get the error:

"Boot failed: please change disks and press a key

to

...

continue."

Pressing a key does nothing. I goggled the

floppy=

...

parameter and tried ALL the possible settings

-same

...

error every time. I even tried floppy=debug and

got

...

nothing new. I tried all the above with and

without

...

quotes "". I am going to buy a second new box of floppies.

...

...

...

The

...

Office Depot near me only sells their brand and

...

...

may

...

need better floppies. Has anyone else had to

switch

...

floppy brands to get this to work? The floppies

pass

...

verify on my linux box, but that does not mean

they

...

are prefect. I seem to remember that the device drivers for floppies sometimes will try to read several times before giving up and maybe on the

setup

...

disk every thing has to work the first time.

Rafe

Please don't top post. How are you creating the floppies? If using

I linux dd

...

would be the command and if using windows rawwrite would be used.

-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998

"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Sorry about the top posting.

I am using linux to create the floppies:

dd if=bootdisk1 of=/dev/fd0

I am trying memorex floppies right now, but still no luck.

Rafe

It is time for you to hit the Web "linux laptops" on Google:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hs=H4p&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=linux+laptops&btnG=Search

...

There are several sites that focus on Sony

Laptops.

...

Search for the answer on Google and I bet you will

be able to get it

...

to work.

Adam

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html

Go to the bottom of the page. Your computer is there as two listing for debian and redhat.

Adam

Yeah. I saw both already. Again no luck. I might be able to install debian by following the directions listed, but as far as I can tell he just takes the normal debian floppies and hacks in usb drivers for the cdrom and floppy. Maybe this was back when usb was new. Now days linux should have no problem with usb cdrom drives and floppies. I think I could install mandrake 9.2, but I am tring to install SUSE 9.3. Rafe

--- Adam Vazquez Kb2Jpd wrote:

Rafe wrote:

...

--- Ken Schneider wrote:

...

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 10:29 -0700, Rafe wrote:

...

I did not know about the floppy= parameters -

thanks

...

for pointing it out. I still get the error:

"Boot failed: please change disks and press a key

to

...

continue."

Pressing a key does nothing. I goggled the

floppy=

...

parameter and tried ALL the possible settings

-same

...

error every time. I even tried floppy=debug and

got

...

nothing new. I tried all the above with and

without

...

quotes "".

I am going to buy a second new box of floppies.

The

...

Office Depot near me only sells their brand and I

may

...

need better floppies. Has anyone else had to

switch

...

floppy brands to get this to work? The floppies

pass

...

verify on my linux box, but that does not mean

they

...

are prefect. I seem to remember that the device drivers for floppies sometimes will try to read several times before giving up and maybe on the

setup

...

disk every thing has to work the first time.

Rafe

Please don't top post. How are you creating the floppies? If using linux dd would be the command and if using windows rawwrite would be used.

-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998

"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Sorry about the top posting.

I am using linux to create the floppies:

dd if=bootdisk1 of=/dev/fd0

I am trying memorex floppies right now, but still no luck.

Rafe

It is time for you to hit the Web "linux laptops" on Google:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hs=H4p&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=linux+laptops&btnG=Search

There are several sites that focus on Sony Laptops.

Search for the answer on Google and I bet you will be able to get it to work.

Adam

Ouch!!! I've been all over google and I either don't know the right question(s) or my problem is not listed. I've visited a lot of the sites from your link. I can keep looking, but I am starting to think that I am doing something very basic wrong. Most sites say that linux should install on a thinkpad with no problems. I am using a usb teac floppy drive and a Lite-on it corp cdrom/dvd drive. Windows xp has no trouble finding either floppy or cdrom drive. I have installed linux many times, but I must admit I am used to everything working well at this stage of the install. The problems come in at the config stage. Windows xp installed on the laptop with no problems - so I think the hardware is ok. I just ftped the bootdisks to the laptop and used rawwrite for windows from the laptop to create the boot floppies -same error message: Boot failed: please change disks and press a key to continue. Pressing a key does nothing. I've read on google that some people with this error had luck with a different floppy disk. So this error is sometimes given for bad floppies, but that does not seem to be my problem. Again I think I am doing something very simple wrong, but I am just not able to see it. Rafe

--- Ken Schneider wrote:

On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 11:44 -0700, Rafe wrote:

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--- Ken Schneider wrote:

...

...

Please don't top post. How are you creating the floppies? If using

linux dd

...

...

would be the command and if using windows rawwrite would be used.

Sorry about the top posting. No problem. It just makes it easier to read when someone searches the archives.

I am using linux to create the floppies:

dd if=bootdisk1 of=/dev/fd0

I am trying memorex floppies right now, but still no luck.

After creating the floppies can you mount them and see the files on them? Also, if using dd to create them try using bs=1024 to set the block size. It may help.

-- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998

"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge

Yes I can mount the disk and see a readme file saying that it is linux bootdisk or something like that. I tried the bs=1024 and got the same error message: Boot failed: please change disk and press a key to continue. I think I'v been working on this too long and am not thinking clearly. Rafe