[ltp] CD ROM boot weirdness (770z)

Mendel Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 28 May 2004 21:55:58 -0700 (MST)


On Wed, 26 May 2004, Mendel Cooper wrote:

> The 770 series Thinkpads can be set in the BIOS to boot from CD
> ROM. However. . . with certain types of hard drives installed, it
> doesn't work.
 

The problem seems to be that if Grub is installed on the MBR then this
seems to disable a CD ROM boot. Removing Grub fixes the problem.

This is not a major issue, mind you, but it is annoying.