[ltp] Booting T40p from USB HD or USB CD/DVD

[mukesh agrawal]

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Pio B=E4ttig wrote:

> Dear Linux/t40p users
>
> I would like to ask you whether it is possible to install and boot the
> t40p under linux (RedHat 9) from an USB(2) attached Harddisk drive.
>
> The other possibility would be to remove the internal CDRW/DVD drive,
> install a second HD in the notebook and to attach a CDRW/DVD drive via
> USB(2).

Another possibility: get the HD carrier module for the ultrabay slim, and
put the original hard drive in there. The carrier module is ~$40 in the
US. (I also use it as a "weight saver" when I only need one hard disk, and
no dvd.)