Linux install on a Think Pad 360

Mike gave me some old IBM Think Pad 360 and 750(?) laptop computers to attempt
some things with. One of the 360s is the the best shape so I am dealing with
it first.

None of them have a CD drive but I have a PCMCIA network adapter so I figured
I'd attempt a floppy boot and network install. I have only met failure thus
far.

I attempted Slackware with the bare.i boot image. I have also attempted
Debian stable. In both cases the boot or rescue disk comes up fine and asks
for the root disk. Immediately on reading the root disk, the following
messages come up (Debian example but Slackware similar):

VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
apm: BIOS version 1.0 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13)
apm: disabled on user request.
VFS: Insert root floppy and press ENTER
end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
VFS: Cannot open root device 02:00
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 02:00

I have done the obvious such as trying different floppies and the lo_mem.i
boot image from Slackware. Same failure every time. Maybe there is some
parameter for the boot prompt or a different boot image worth trying?

I have to leave for a while but any hints I can follow-up with will be
appreciated.

Alan
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