[ltp] finding thinkpads which boot from usb 2.0 disk
Joel Ebel
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 09 Oct 2005 01:37:21 -0400
The T40 definitely supports USB 2.0 and booting from it. Originally it
suffered from the BIOS not remembering the boot order if the USB drive
was removed, but with a BIOS update, that's fixed. It can remember to
boot from USB first.
Joel
Mack Stevenson wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am in the market for a used thinkpad. I don't need a recent, expensive
> machine; my only requirement is that I will be able to boot using a usb
> 2.0 disk. Could you please help me find out "how far back" in the
> thinkpad line I can go while still being able to do so? If your thinkpad
> supports usb 2.0 and your BIOS supports the USB boot option, please let
> me know!
>
> Thank you so much,
>
> Mack
>
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