[ltp] Alternative to buying a CDR/DVD-ROM for x4 ultrabase

[Alexander Rydekull]

Finally someone with X40.questions.

I own a X40 since half a year back now, somewhat. I have 5 friends that 
own one aswell, all running different flavors of Linux.

How have we installed our laptops?
With all kinds of different methods, really, you name it and we have 
done it. But the most common is by using a USB-CDROM. Else we have used 
a USB-Memorystick, USB-Mp3player(kinda the same thing afterall), 
PXE-Booted them, debootstrapped them. All of these things are easy to 
do, not so much fuss with it really. I probably had the hardest time 
with my X40 since it refused to boot of our PXE-boot nor would it accept 
any USB-memorystick at all. I had to solve it with a debootstrap until I 
could borrow a USB-CD to use.

I am just on my way to purchase a 5.25"-case for my DVD-burner so I can 
get myself a burner to the X40 when I want it and so on and preferably 
also be able to find some plastic so I can mount a 3.5"-disk in it, 
floppy, harddrive, whatever.

Anyhow, in general the X40 is by far the best thing i've ever bought, 
it's so small and It's perfect. I'd say buy it, get yerself a 5.25"-case 
and enjoy it to the fullest.

/Alexander Rydekull

Tony wrote:

>It is possible to boot from a USB CD-ROM for installing linux from a CD?
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>On 4/21/05, M. Leo Cooper <thegrendel@theriver.com> wrote:
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>>On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, Tony wrote:
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>>>I am looking into an IBM X40 for my next linux laptop.  The
>>>price/performance is a little steep.  IBM is presently running a
>>>special with a base model and ultrabase included, however, from all
>>>that I read there is no (minimal) CD-ROM available for the ultrabase.
>>>So I still must fork out an additional ~$150 for a CDR-DVD that I
>>>don't need (I have a burner in my desktop).  Has anyone found any any
>>>cheap alternatives for just a CD-ROM that mount in the x4 ultrabase?
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>>Look into one of those nifty USB enclosures. You can stick a CD drive,
>>CDRW drive, or even a DVD driver/burner into one of those things. USB
>>enclosures can be had for under $30 new, and you can use any old generic
>>CD or DVD drives with them. If this works for you, and it should, then
>>you wouldn't even need to shell out for the ultrabase.
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>>I've done this with my ancient 770Z, with only a USB 1.1 port, so surely
>>it would work with later model TPs.
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