I'm re-installing Linux on an old laptop for a few reasons. When I try Slackware 10.1, it gets to the point of copying files over the network, and I get hundreds of frame inconsistency messages, and it just stops. When I try Debian Sarge, it gets to the root floppy and gets I/O errors on it, even though the diskette can be read by another machine and the boot floppy works great. Hardware: IBM ThinkPad 750P, 36MB RAM, 12GB HD. LinkSys PCMPC200 wired 16-bit 100Mbps PC Card. No CD drive. I add "floppy=thinkpad" to the kernel parameters, and it works fine for Slackware, but it seems to get ignored by debian. There's a "--" in the debian kernel command line and all parameters after that seem to be ignored. Any tips on getting either working are greatly appreciated. More points for getting XFree86 3.3.6 running, as it's the last version with the svga driver for the WD90C24 video chip. Thanks, Chris