[NTLUG:Discuss] Slackware 10.1 on a Thinkpad t23

[Tom Tumelty]

> 
> You keep saying that "the computer recognizes the slack 10.1 cd as a
> music cd", but I have never heard of a BIOS that differenciates
> between data CDs and music CDs. Are you srue you're getting accurate
> information from your friend?
> I think he just needs to make a boot disk, [floppy]. Either that, or
> change the CDROM drive and try again, [could be something wrong that
> the CDROM drive just doesn't read the slackware install CD properly].
> 
> If the CD is good and the computer won't boot to it, you just make a
> boot floppy and away you go.... :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
Well, I have not seen the problem, just discussed the problem on the phone, 
and on email. I thought i had in an email where i was told the laptop 
recognized the cd as a music cd but i cannot find it.....maybe I was 
mistaken, and when attempting to see what files are on the disk by viewing 
the cd under windows the laptop thought the cd was a music format(??). I 
think this same cd drive has booted an ubuntu install disk but was very very 
very slow because of the limited memory and i am not sure it even finished 
the installation. I have been very busy lately and I could have made a(n) 
error(s) :-) will have to check up on the situation.


I really think slackware is needed because of the small amount of memory 
available and choice of light weight window managers (i prefer xfce with 
minimal memory especially ) easily available.

I am sure booting from a floppy would work fine........if there was a floppy 
drive with the laptop :-) .

When i have an opportunity i will have to see the problem. I think either 
the hardware is to old to recognise the cd (which is not my 1st suspicion ) 
or a wrong setting somewhere is causing the problem. 



Thanks,

Tom