[ltp] Re: [Thinkpad] Booting a X31 from USB without the HPA to get into BIOS?
RayBay
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 2 Aug 2008 05:23:39 -0700
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You can boot from a USB CD drive. You may have to scroll through some
readying, but see this thinkwiki site which is helpful as it lists all the
supported Thinkpad boot devices for all thinkpad models:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Supported_Boot_Devices
Good luck.
RayBay
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Richard Hartmann <
richih.mailinglist@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 21:51, RayBay <canyonlands@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Is there any way to make this laptop from USB so I can reinstall the OS
> > on it?"
> >
> > Sorry, but I don't understand the above question? Is this the Linux HPA
> > partition?
>
> Is there any way to make this laptop _boot_ from USB so I can reinstall
> the OS on it?
> Sorry, I missed a word, there :/
>
>
> Charles Kaufman told me to try pressing F12 at boot time, so I will try
> that today.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
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<div dir="ltr">You can boot from a USB CD drive. You may have to scroll through some readying, but see this thinkwiki site which is helpful as it lists all the supported Thinkpad boot devices for all thinkpad models:<br>
<br><br><a href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Supported_Boot_Devices">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Supported_Boot_Devices</a><br><br><br>Good luck.<br><br><br>RayBay<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Richard Hartmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richih.mailinglist@gmail.com">richih.mailinglist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 21:51, RayBay <<a href="mailto:canyonlands@gmail.com">canyonlands@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> "Is there any way to make this laptop from USB so I can reinstall the OS<br>
> on it?"<br>
><br>
> Sorry, but I don't understand the above question? Is this the Linux HPA<br>
> partition?<br>
<br>
</div>Is there any way to make this laptop _boot_ from USB so I can reinstall<br>
the OS on it?<br>
Sorry, I missed a word, there :/<br>
<br>
<br>
Charles Kaufman told me to try pressing F12 at boot time, so I will try<br>
that today.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Richard<br>
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