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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] "attempt to read beyond of device" error
  • Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:38:14 +1300

> > So I conclude either the floppy drive/cotroller is failing
> > or BSL just doesn't grok it's disk-is-changed language.
>
> I seem to remember that the floppies on early Thinkpads
> were non-standard and needed an extra parameter in Linux.
> I'll have a search for it.

Here it is (from May 2003)
==========================

Most Thinkpads have an "inverted floppy drive change line"
(why IBM did it this way, I don't know). To fix it, add:
---------------
floppy=thinkpad
---------------
to the loadlin line in boot.bat (in your DOS directory)





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