Slack 7.1 install problems on Thinkpad 360C

[Slackmonster]

Hello,

I'm trying to install Slack on my Thinkpad but it craps out at the prompt for the root disk. It appears to load the boot disk okay but says something to the effect of "Please insert root disk and press Enter." When I do, it accesses the drive a second and then stops and re-prompts me with the same thing. If I hit enter again, it crashes with a panic. I don't have the panic message with me now but will post it here tomorrow. But in the mean time has anyone had a similar problem? It won't use any combination of boot/root disks.

Thanks!

[Slackmonster]

Okay, I think I found something that may help me. I stumbled onto the link for the linux on laptops site and checked under the 360cx section. The author wrote that there was a bug in the Stinkpads floppy driver and that telling linux to boot with the command "linux floppy=thinkpad" would solve this. So I should be able to just enter this when it boots to the point where I can enter boot params...right? And suggestions or thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated.

[bdl]

Although I do not own one, I've read that before; yes, you'll pass the arguments to the kernel upon boot like so...

boot: linux floppy=thinkpad

Luck...

[Slackmonster]

Wonderful! Thanks very much!

[bdl]

You know, now that I think of it, that won't work, because the kernel on a slack floppy isnt called 'linux' it's called 'ramdisk' so you'll have to use:

boot: ramdisk floppy=thinkpad

...sorry I didnt think of it sooner...

[Slackmonster]

Wooo! Good point! I would have realized that probably once I started up again, but I'm sure I would have wasted at least 30 minutes scratching me head!

Thanks again!