Floppy - Revision history

Ilakast: /* ThinkPads with builtin Floppy drives */ linked to i1400

2012-12-20T20:23:42Z

‎ThinkPads with builtin Floppy drives: linked to i1400

Ilakast: /* Floppy drives in ThinkPads */ note: I own an i series 1400, so will create its page in the future and link it

2012-12-16T12:02:31Z

‎Floppy drives in ThinkPads: note: I own an i series 1400, so will create its page in the future and link it

Ilakast: /* Distributions */

2012-12-16T11:57:05Z

‎Distributions

84.157.235.86: /* Distributions */ added debian

2006-01-07T17:55:36Z

‎Distributions: added debian

Tonko: /* UltraSlimBay models */

2006-01-06T16:05:38Z

‎UltraSlimBay models

AlecV: UltrBay link

2006-01-06T15:23:28Z

UltrBay link

AlecV at 15:22, 6 January 2006

2006-01-06T15:22:15Z

Wyrfel at 01:29, 28 September 2005

2005-09-28T01:29:00Z

Wyrfel at 01:26, 28 September 2005

2005-09-28T01:26:54Z

Whizkid at 22:07, 12 September 2005

2005-09-12T22:07:20Z

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 The oldest ThinkPads had built-in floppy diskette drives.
 ==== 1.44MB HD Floppy ====
-* ThinkPad i Series 1400
+* ThinkPad {{i1400}}
 ==== 2.88MB ED Floppy ====
 * ThinkPad {{750}}, {{750C}}, {{750Cs}}, {{750P}}

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 The oldest ThinkPads had built-in floppy diskette drives.
 ==== 1.44MB HD Floppy ====
 ==== 2.88MB ED Floppy ====
 * ThinkPad {{750}}, {{750C}}, {{750Cs}}, {{750P}}

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 == Distributions ==
 Several distributions can be installed by first booting a floppy diskette (or six) and then installing over a network. It can be a relatively painless way of installing an OS on an older machine. These distributions directly support such methods:
-* {{Slackware}} {{Debian}}
+* {{Slackware}}
 Other distributions can be coaxed into installing over a network, with a bit of work:
 * {{Fedora}}

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 == Distributions ==
 Several distributions can be installed by first booting a floppy diskette (or six) and then installing over a network. It can be a relatively painless way of installing an OS on an older machine. These distributions directly support such methods:
-* {{Slackware}}
+* {{Slackware}} {{Debian}}
 Other distributions can be coaxed into installing over a network, with a bit of work:
 * {{Fedora}}

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 ====UltraSlimBay models====
 With the UltraSlimBay models IBM provided a proprietary external floppy port that was built into many models including those featuring the UltraBay 2000. It can therefore be assumed that UltraSlimBay floppy drives and UltraBay 2000 floppy drives work on the external port of all the models. An adapter that enabled connection to the standard parallel port was also provided with the external cable set for those floppys, making them suitable for older models as well. Hence these drives can be used to boot quite a few models of ThinkPads. Such drives were suitable for the following models:
 * ThinkPad {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}
 ====UltraBay 2000 models====
 *ThinkPad {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}

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 === ThinkPads with swappable Floppy drives ===
-With the introduction of the modular swappable UltraBay drives, ThinkPads floppy drives got removable. They could be exchanged for other drives like optical ones and could instead be attached externally via a special cable set.
+With the introduction of the modular swappable [[UltraBay]] drives, ThinkPads floppy drives got removable. They could be exchanged for other drives like optical ones and could instead be attached externally via a special cable set.
 The first of such drives were found in the following ThinkPads:
 * ThinkPad {{760C}}, {{760CD}}, {{760E}}, {{760ED}}, {{760EL}}, {{760ELD}}, {{760LD}}, {{760XD}}, {{760XL}}

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 * ThinkPad {{770}}, {{770E}}, {{770ED}}, {{770X}}, {{770Z}}
 With the UltraBay FX IBM introduced floppy drives combined with optical drives in one single module. Models with these not externally attachable drives were:
 * ThinkPad {{390}}, {{390E}}, {{390X}}
 * ThinkPad {{i1720}}, {{i1721}}
 With the UltraSlimBay models IBM provided a proprietary external floppy port that was built into many models including those featuring the UltraBay 2000. It can therefore be assumed that UltraSlimBay floppy drives and UltraBay 2000 floppy drives work on the external port of all the models. An adapter that enabled connection to the standard parallel port was also provided with the external cable set for those floppys, making them suitable for older models as well. Hence these drives can be used to boot quite a few models of ThinkPads. Such drives were suitable for the following models:
 ====UltraSlimBay models====

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	* {{Fedora}}		* {{Fedora}}
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-= Why bother? =
+{| width="100%"
-Since we all want everyone to be able to use Linux on his or her ThinkPad of any vintage, it's important to cover all the technologies useful to making that happen. One of those technologies is the lowly floppy diskette.
+|style="vertical-align:top;padding-right:20px;width:10px;white-space:nowrap;" | __TOC__
-On many old ThinkPads, it's the easiest, cheapest way to start installing Linux. Of course, you wouldn't want to install the entire OS this way even if you could.
+A floppy disk is a single plastic disk covered in a layer of iso-magnetic material. For protection the more modern versions come in a plastic casing with a metal lever that provides access for the read and write head when pulled open. Information is saved on a floppy by reconfiguration of the state of the magnetic particles in the data layer through the electromagnetic write-head.
-= History =
+There are various successors of the classical magnetic floppy disk, such as LS-120 and LS-240, ZIP or MO media.
-== Ages Ago ==
+|}
 The oldest ThinkPads had built-in floppy diskette drives.
-=== 1.44MB HD Floppy ===
+==== 1.44MB HD Floppy ====
-=== 2.88MB ED Floppy ===
+==== 2.88MB ED Floppy ====
-* {{750}}/C/Cs/P (1)
+* ThinkPad {{750}}, {{750C}}, {{750Cs}}, {{750P}}
-(1) These machines need "floppy=thinkpad" appended to the Linux kernel parameters.
+With the UltraBay FX IBM introduced floppy drives combined with optical drives in one single module. Models with these not externally attachable drives were:
-== The Middle Times ==
+With the UltraSlimBay models IBM provided a proprietary external floppy port that was built into many models including those featuring the UltraBay 2000. It can therefore be assumed that UltraSlimBay floppy drives and UltraBay 2000 floppy drives work on the external port of all the models. An adapter that enabled connection to the standard parallel port was also provided with the external cable set for those floppys, making them suitable for older models as well. Hence these drives can be used to boot quite a few models of ThinkPads. Such drives were suitable for the following models:
-IBM made an external 1.44MB floppy diskette drive that worked with many models of ThinkPads. If you get one of these, you can use it to boot quite a few models of ThinkPads. The drive will also fit in the UltraSlimBay found on the 600 series of machines.
+====UltraSlimBay models====
-* {{560E}}
+* ThinkPad {{600}}, {{600E}}, {{600X}}
-* {{570}}
+====UltraBay 2000 models====
-* {{600}}|{{600E}}|{{600X}}
+*ThinkPad {{A20m}}, {{A20p}}, {{A21e}}, {{A21m}}, {{A21p}}, {{A22e}}, {{A22m}}, {{A22p}}, {{A30}}, {{A30p}}, {{A31}}, {{A31p}}
-== Nowadays ==
+=== ThinkPads without Floppy drives ===
 Current machines do not come with floppy drives, but you can buy a USB floppy drive if you're feeling nostalgic.
-= Distributions =
+== Distributions ==
 Several distributions can be installed by first booting a floppy diskette (or six) and then installing over a network. It can be a relatively painless way of installing an OS on an older machine. These distributions directly support such methods:
 * {{Slackware}}
 Other distributions can be coaxed into installing over a network, with a bit of work:
 * {{Fedora}}