[ltp] Best way of putting Debian on a X30

[Ken Firestone]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, John Shane wrote:

   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

Some, mostly older, usb drives are not capable of booting. I had that
problem with a cd r/w drive. When I replaced it with a newer drive it
booted just fine.

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