From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 15:21:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC6A737B40C for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:21:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moek.pir.net (moek.pir.net [130.64.1.215]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FB5843FBD for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 15:21:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pir@pir.net) Received: from pir by moek.pir.net with local (Exim) id 19AGzv-0002wp-00 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:21:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:21:19 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030428222119.GA10809@pir.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20030428063747.GD1836@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030428164516.GA136@pir.net> <877k9e9wk1.fsf@fuckup.hack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <877k9e9wk1.fsf@fuckup.hack.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-fish: < X-Copy-On-Listmail: Please do NOT Cc: me on list mail. Subject: Re: Thinkpad X31 users? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:21:23 -0000 MC probably said: > Can you boot off a USB device? I have used a Thinkpad 570 and an X20 > with FreeBSD and I'm thinking about upgrading to a X31, but I don't > want a docking station. On the 570 I installed from an external floppy > disk drive and when I was installing the X20 I simply removed the hard > disk drive and inserted it into a bigger Thinkpad, booted off floppy > and installed over the network, then moved the disk back to the X20. I can boot from a USB floppy drive (actually my sony vaio floppy drive from my last machine, I assume the IBM ones have the same OEM drive inside). You can also get the IBM ultrabay 2000 floppy drive (current IBM model number 08K9603) and a cable (current IBM model number 27L0524. Yes, it says it's for the T series but it works fine with my X30) to plug it into the parallel port of the X30 and have a real floppy device not something pretending to be a floppy device - this matters to some people. Either drive (USB or ultrabay 2000) are quite cheap on ebay. P. -- pir pir-sig@pir.net pir-sig@net.tufts.edu