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  • Subject: Re: [BL] "attempt to read beyond of device" error
  • Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:35:30 -0800

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)

yup, that fixed it. Many thanks!

A little further research and trial & error revealed that in order to
get this to work for a permanent hard drive install is to add this to
/etc/lilo.conf:

append="floppy=thinkpad"

if you try floppy=thinkpad by itself lilo complains of a syntax error.
That had me chasing my tail for awhile :)

--
-matt




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