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> 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 :)

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-matt