Re: Newbie Thinkpad question
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > Once the floppies are used on bootup, I believe they are not needed again
> > (Makes a ramdisk). So you would boot with the floppy, and do that stuff,
> > then put CD drive in when it asks for it..
>
> I guess I didn't make myself clear. You cannot hot-swap the CD-ROM and
> Floppy drives, so if you boot from the floppy, you can't put the CD in
> because there is no CD-ROM DRIVE in the machine. If you turn off the
> ThinkPad and install the CD-ROM DRIVE, you cannot boot from the floppy.
> Catch 22.
My Apologies, I meant as Brandon's reply did.. once the boot floppies
are finished, there is no need for them. A reboot, and ta da. I forgot
that the floppies themselves install a base system... I did it 9 months
ago.. Gosh thats a long time! :)
Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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