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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news.tacom.army.mil!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!ausnews.austin.ibm.com!rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com!news@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com From: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com (Thomas Evans) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Creating a custom boot disk for thinkpads? Date: 30 Sep 1996 09:28:10 -0400 Organization: TCP/IP development Lines: 18 Sender: tjevans@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com Message-ID: <m24tkgrv2t.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> References: <m2wwxh9v3l.fsf@golfgod.raleigh.ibm.com> <52h5nv$39t@helena.MT.net> Reply-To: tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com NNTP-Posting-Host: evans.raleigh.ibm.com In-reply-to: nate@see.my.signature's message of 27 Sep 1996 18:17:35 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.1 In article <52h5nv$39t@helena.MT.net> nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams) writes: > > Depending on how new your ThinkPad is, you may not need a new boot disk. > Did you try using the stock boot disk to see if it work? If not, then you'll > need to build a custom boot floppy which takes about 600MB of disk, which > is why I didn't build a custom floppy for 2.1.5. I don't have that much > space available anymore. :( Yes I did, I was unable to use the keyboard, the keys are all jumbled. I'm not sure I understand, I'm able to build a the kernel in much less than 600MB? I have close to 300+ available, seems like a lot to build a 1.44 MB diskette? thx, Tom -- Tom Evans tjevans@raleigh.ibm.com Disclaimer: My views are my own, your mileage might vary, taxes are extra, etc