[ltp] Bootable live CD on 600/600X?
James McKenzie
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:55:13 -0700
James McKenzie wrote:
> /dev/rob0 wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 26 January 2005 20:32, James McKenzie wrote:
>>
>> Nice try, but no, the machine reads the disks fine. Knoppix from the
>> same CD-R and CD-RW stock boots and runs. The Ubuntu Live one gets
>> through the boot loader.
>>
>> It's definitely a problem with kernel incompatibility.
>
>
> Sorry, I thought that the disk could not be read at all. Hmmm. I have
> a Ubuntu Live disk here and I will try to boot it up in the home 600E
> with the DVD drive to see what happens. I know the disk works because I
> booted it up (twice, once by accident) in my A22p.
>
Well, I think I got undesired results. I think that I broke the BIOS
trying to set the CD as the boot device. Actually, I'm not upset, but
this is the last IBM system I will be buying (hey folks, It's not
because of IBM, but rather I will not be traveling internationally.)
--
James McKenzie