[ilugd] Loading Linux on X series ThinkPad
I am likely to get a IBM X series thinkpad laptop. These laptop's do not have built in cdrom drives but my assumption is that I should be able to connect a USB CDROM drive and load O/S from there as most of th BIOS now allow booting off USB drives. Anyone who can confirm this? -- Regards, Sudev Barar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Loading Linux on X series ThinkPad
Sudev Barar wrote: I am likely to get a IBM X series thinkpad laptop. These laptop's do not have built in cdrom drives but my assumption is that I should be able to connect a USB CDROM drive and load O/S from there as most of th BIOS now allow booting off USB drives. Anyone who can confirm this? network boot should be an option... if not, depending on what its running, you can use the existing bootloader to boot into an installer. also, btw what X series is it ? :) those are good laptops... -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Loading Linux on X series ThinkPad
Subject: [ilugd] Loading Linux on X series ThinkPad From: Sudev Barar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 11:38:48 +0530 I am likely to get a IBM X series thinkpad laptop. These laptop's do not have built in cdrom drives but my assumption is that I should be able to connect a USB CDROM drive and load O/S from there as most of th BIOS now allow booting off USB drives. Anyone who can confirm this? Yes I have installed Linux on my X-40 laptop using USB DVD/CD Writer combo drive. My X-40 is dual booting Windows XP and Linux. Regards, G. Palaniappan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
