Re: Thinkpad X31 users?
Peter Radcliffe <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
MC <[email protected]> probably said: > Can you boot off a USB device? I have used a Thinkpad 570 and an X20 > with FreeBSD and I'm thinking about upgrading to a X31, but I don't > want a docking station. On the 570 I installed from an external floppy > disk drive and when I was installing the X20 I simply removed the hard > disk drive and inserted it into a bigger Thinkpad, booted off floppy > and installed over the network, then moved the disk back to the X20. I can boot from a USB floppy drive (actually my sony vaio floppy drive from my last machine, I assume the IBM ones have the same OEM drive inside). You can also get the IBM ultrabay 2000 floppy drive (current IBM model number 08K9603) and a cable (current IBM model number 27L0524. Yes, it says it's for the T series but it works fine with my X30) to plug it into the parallel port of the X30 and have a real floppy device not something pretending to be a floppy device - this matters to some people. Either drive (USB or ultrabay 2000) are quite cheap on ebay. P. -- pir [email protected] [email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"