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Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

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Old 08-07-2006, 04:07 PM   #1
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A list of laptops that boot from USB?


Is there a list of laptops that can boot from the USB port somewhere out in cyberspace? Im on a mission to save dying laptops from the landfills and need to gather as much info on linux laptop setups as possible. To date I have allready saved two laptops from the garbage man. One is a IBM thinkpad 385xd with 32mb of ram and the other is a Micron Trek2 with 192mb of ram. In bios there is an option to boot from a removable drive,yet I have not been able to boot from usb yet. This is why I need such a list. If how ever, there is not such a list online,Id like to create one here on LQ. If you now of an old laptop the can boot from USB without the use of a boot floppy,could you please let me know.. When(and if) I can get the Micron Trek2 to boot from USB I will be adding that to the list. The IBM thinkpad Im pretty sure that it does not boot from usb. However I think it can boot from the PCMCIA card slot.
 
Old 08-07-2006, 04:41 PM   #2
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The IBM ThinkPad X60 Boots from USB
 
Old 08-08-2006, 03:47 AM   #3
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The IBM T30 boots from USB. It treats a connected USB drive as just another ordinary hard drive - NOT as removable.
 
  


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