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IBM TP500 - disk params not in CMOS, no SCSI, do I need SCSI support?

IBM TP500 - disk params not in CMOS, no SCSI, do I need SCSI support?

Post by Doug Fri » Sat, 04 Feb 1995 03:19:46



The IBM ThinkPad-500 sub-notebook doesn't keep disk parameters in CMOS,
so I need to specify "hd=cyls,hds,secs" as a boot parameter. The
Slackware-2.1 installation docs mention to use the "scsi" boot disk
rather than the "bare" boot disk so I can use the "hd=..."
parameter. Does this mean that if I recompile the kernel I have to
enable SCSI support in order to be able to use this boot parameter
even though I don't have any SCSI devices in my system?

Thanks,
Doug

 
 
 
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