[ltp] T30 and cdrom boot

manaen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:06:42 -1000


Tino Keitel wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 21:44:44 -1000, manaen wrote:
> 
>>I have been having an awful problem with a new thinkpad and was
>>wondering if anyone could help.  I am still new to the mailing list
>>so let me say sorry if this problem was already answered by someone
>>else.  I am setting up a t30 to do dual boot between gentoo and win
>>XP, unfortunately I can not get the machine to boot from the cdrom
>>drive.  When I go into the bios I see an exclamation mark in front of
>>the cdrom drive and can not get rid of it.  I have tried booting
> 
> 
> Doesn't have the Phoenix BIOS a little help text on the right side of
> the screen with some details how to rearrange the boot order and
> disable/enable devices?
> 
> Regards,
> Tino
The boot order is correct and shows the cdrom first.  The ! mark refuses 
to go away even if its in slot one, though.