Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:21:19 -0400 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad X31 users? Message-ID: <20030428222119.GA10809@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <877k9e9wk1.fsf@fuckup.hack.org> References: <20030428063747.GD1836@procyon.firepipe.net> <20030428164516.GA136@pir.net> <877k9e9wk1.fsf@fuckup.hack.org>
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MC <mc@hack.org> 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
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