Thinkpad755cx

Forum: Laptops
Topic: Thinkpad755cx
started by: JayC

Posted by JayC on Nov. 10 2006,15:08

I have a Thinkpad 755cx with no on-board cdrom, 75mhz, 800mb HDD. I am intending to install DSL 3.0.1, and have downloaded the boot floppy and pcmcia floppy images. I'm not sure how to get the laptop to access the pcmcia-cdrom. The laptop currently has no OS on it, but is partitioned, with a swap partition added.

Any suggestions?

Posted by Ramik on Nov. 10 2006,20:53

While I'm not too familiar with installing DSL on laptops, I would NOT recommend using nopcmcia :-)

This might come in handy:
< http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/wiki....ired%29 >
< http://wass.homelinux.net/howtos/Pavilion_ze4100_How-To.shtml >

Posted by JayC on Mar. 23 2007,18:49

:rock:

Posted by JayC on Mar. 23 2007,18:56

:rock: I appreciate the response from Ramik and the fine suggestions. Sorry it took so long to respond.

My laptop tells me it cannot find the BIOS. But when I attempt to install the BIOS (downloaded from Lenova/IBM site) it tells me I need a fully charged battery. My battery is currently dead and I don't wish to purchase a new one unless I can affectively use this machine. Any suggestions on installing a BIOS without going to the extent of purchasing a new battery?
:rock:

Posted by bigfoot2184 on Mar. 24 2007,18:38

i had a ibm 380xd with a dead battery and i updates the bios with the dead battery... it told me to make sure the battery was charged up... but mine wasn't. It tells u to make sure its charged up incase power goes out or there is a surge... cause if you loose power during a bios flash your in trouble.