[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