[ltp] is it possible to boot a SATA drive from Ultrabay on a T410?

Dan M. linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 6 Nov 2010 19:06:12 -0400


I can't say for a T410 but I have done this on my r61. You simply
select which drive to boot from. Simple :)

On 06/11/2010, Pedro Ribeiro <pedrib@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my company is upgrading our laptops to the T410.
> I will be getting one of these soon and I had the idea of fitting the
> SATA drive from my T400 in the Ultrabay so I can boot my Linux system
> out of it.
>
> The reason for this is that I tend to travel a lot and since I don't
> take my personal laptop I am forced to use Windows instead of my
> heavily customized Linux environment, which I very much prefer.
> Whenever necessary, I would hibernate Linux and go back to Windows as
> required.
>
> I have to go through all this trouble because the Windows drive is
> encrypted, and changing anything is a breach of the company policy.
>
> Is this possible? Does anyone have similar requirements and how do you
> solve such a problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Pedro
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