[olug] USB Boot and Install

[Rob Townley]

You may want to see if your current BIOS bootup options support "ATAPI
Simulation" and enable that.  If there is a firmware update for your
laptop, i wonder how you could update the BIOS.

You may want to check out these links, especially the Polish one
because it has been updated when the sourceforge site has not.  The
screenshots may tell you if the version is newer than the one
incorporated into DSL.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/btmgr/links

On 12/20/05, Christopher R. White <cwhite99 at charter.net> wrote:
> I just traded a 128 MB PC100 SODIMM for  a used IBM Thinkpad X21 system
> from a friend who could not get an OS installed to it!  Pretty good
> trade in my opinion!  It's EXTREMELY SMALL - 'bout the size of my old
> 12" PowerBook and loaded with nifty features like a light above the
> screen that shines down on the keyboard for low light use!  Plus I love
> the little mouse stick gadget!
>
> The machine has a 700 mhz PIII M processor, some kind of ATI video on a
> 2x agp w/ 4M of VRAM, 128 MB of PC100 onboard and 1 RAM slot available
> (empty), onboard 10/100 and 56k modem mini-pci card, CF slot, 1 type II
> PCMCIA, but it has no HD, no CD-ROM and no Floppy.
>
> Basically, I want to pickup a 10 or 20 gig HD (MUST be low profile) and
> use this as an extremely portable mobile linux machine, but I cannot
> figure out how to boot this laptop!  Quick google found that booting via
> USB is an option, but I cannot get my thumbdrive w/ Damn Small Linux to
> boot this machine.  If I could get something booted, I would like to
> install to HD once I pick one up.
>
> Also, I'm looking for a HD for this machine, anybody got anything
> available - maybe some more RAM too since I just traded my last stick!
>
> Contact me off-list if you have a HD or RAM for sale or trade to work
> out shipping / pickup.
>
>
> Chris from Kearney
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