[ltp] Re: Thinkpads can not boot from flash drive?

[Joel Ebel]

Yeah.  The data travelers look like good drives, though I haven't 
personally had the chance to try one.  If it boots in other computers 
then you've got it set up right.  It sounds like your X24 just doesn't 
support it.  You may want to check for a BIOS update that might add USB 
booting.

Good luck,
Joel

Martin Gramatke wrote:
> Joel Ebel wrote:
> 
> 
>>so make sure the drive
>>is set up properly.
> 
> 
> My pen drive is a Data Traveler by Kingston. I used a tool from Dell to
> prepare/format the stick. Two different desktop computers can boot from it
> but not the Thinkpad X24. Could it still be a pen drive setup problem? I
> thought it has to be a thinkpad problem then.
> 
> 
>>You need a goot master boot record at the beginning 
>>of the drive. You can get one from the syslinux package. 
> 
> 
> I think DSL uses syslinux for installation.
> 
> 
>>With a 128 MB drive, you 
>>most likely don't have any of these restrictions with the possible
>>exception of it being formatted FAT32, which is still unlikely.
> 
> 
> Here is my geometry: 8 heads, 32 sectors/track, 982 cylinders. One primary,
> bootable partition with FAT16. I think it is ok.
> 
> The notebook boots from a USB floppy drive without problem.
> 
> 
>>Best of luck.  I have a lot of experience with this from desiging my own
>>distribution to do it, so if you have any questions, let me know.
> 
> 
> Thank you Joel, I appreciate your help.
> The best test would be a Runt installation.
> 
> Martin
> 
>