[ltp] Best way of putting Debian on a X30

[John Shane]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 10:09:12 +0200
Alex Polite <notmyprivateemail@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again.
> 
> The X30 I'm getting does not come with an optical drive. I have an old
> external usb cd/dvd burner. Is it likely that I will be able to boot
> the install cd from a usb drive, or will I have to find another way of
> installing? If so what are my options? Does the x30 support PXE?
> 
> alex

Alex, I tried to boot my X30 with an HP external usb CD-writer but it
would not work.  When I used a plain usb CD drive that is not a CD-writer
(a Teac) it booted fine.  John