Re: [mu inst] minor problems

From: Unit 4 ([email protected])
Date: Fri Mar 10 2000 - 02:42:44 CET


On Thu, 09 Mar 2000 06:21:18 +0000, Alfred Breull wrote:

}Thinkpad 340CSE, 12MB ram/ 340MB hd, 486 SX, BIOS IBM PS/2 model 70/80,
}bios id bytes F8 65 46, bios date 04/05/95, bus type isa/at/classic bus,
}video: vga color, mode 3, vesa support version 1.02, cirrus logig gd-6245 vga.
}
}System: 4DOS 4.02, MS-DOS 6.20, ps/2 mouse.
}
}mulinux 7r8, dostools.zip
}I inserted floppy=thinkpad in install.bat as last parameter (?)
}at the image line (so the line has 80 columns).
}
}Formating, verifying and writing of disk was ok.
}Installation was fine till:
}
}umount: /dev/hda1: device is busy

This is where the problem starts.

Might the problem be due to the fact that Thinkpads do not store drive
geometry in CMOS? It needs to be specified at boot time. Just guessing.

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