FW: Linux on Laptop

[Loraditch, Greg]

> Hello -
> 
> I would like to know if anyone is familiar with Linux bootup for a laptop.
> 
> I will be setting up a PPP connect with my account under this system, but
> would first like to know if it is possible to:
> 
> 	1. use an external floppy on a Thinkpad760 to use a linux boot disk.
> 
> 	2.  After which, if the Thinkpad will recognize the internal cd-rom
> which has Linux.
> 
> The BIOS for this particular machine will not flash to boot off the
> internal cd-rom, only PCM card, floppy, or hd.
> 
> Therefore; does the boot up of the linux kernel (from the external floppy)
> load some kind of driver for a cd-rom, so that it can proceed and begin
> reading off the internal cd-rom?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!!
> 
> 
> Greg L.
> gregl at sonic.net