[ltp] T23 usb boot problem

[Alex Deucher]

On 5/1/07, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@networksplus.net> wrote:
> * Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> [2007 May 01 08:07 -0500]:
> > On 5/1/07, Olek A. <brodo@o2.pl> wrote:
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I recently made a bootable USB stick in order to boot my T23.
> > >I used latest Knoppix CD as a source.
> > >T23 displays "missing operating system" and nothing more.
> > >I tried all Bios-setup-usb startup combinations but without luck.
> > >
> > >Using other desktop PC it went fine booting properly.
> > >
> > >What's wrong with this T23 ?
> > >I searched in IBM pages (Bios versions, etc, mine bios is 1.17) but I
> > >found no
> > >solutions at all.
> > >
> > >Any suggestions folks ?
> > >
> >
> > Can you verify that T23s even support USB boot?  Not all thinkpads do.
>
> I have a hard disk that I used in a long gone T42 that I put in a USB
> case.  I was not able to get it to boot on my T23.  As I recall, I got
> a kernel panic related to a lack of USB modules in the initrd.img file.
> I've not pursued it further to know where the problem is exactly.
>

Well it did boot though.  Whether your resulting environment was
working or not is irrelevant.  My s30, for example, will detect USB
devices in the bios and list them as disks, but it only attempts to
boot off the HD.

Alex