Re: [Thinkpad] USB thumbdrive boot R40 2897-93U ?

Hi, Deanna:

> Did you happen to see this link that Mike Stack provided yesterday
Yes, I did.
But, I still couldn't make it work.
This all boils down to: Can the R40 2897 boot from USB ?
The bios does not have a "boot from USB" selection in it.
But, it does have "boot from removable" selection.

> I wonder if these instructions for making an IBM memory key bootable might
work.
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/options/keyboot.txt
Oooooh, thanks. I'm going to research that.

Thanks, Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Deanna Berman" <dberman@4dv.net>
To: "Bob Meizlik" <bob@squakmt.com>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] USB thumbdrive boot R40 2897-93U ?

> Did you happen to see this link that Mike Stack provided yesterday in
response to another
> USB-boot question?
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=28700158
>
> I wonder if these instructions for making an IBM memory key bootable might
work.
> ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/options/keyboot.txt
>
> Deanna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Meizlik" <>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 06:20 AM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] USB thumbdrive boot R40 2897-93U ?
>
>
> I've got an R40 2897-93U that I can't persuade to boot from a USB memory
key.
>
> The memory key is a "JumpDrive Trio - Single Slot Multi-Card Reader"
> http://www.lexarmedia.com/readers/trio.html .
>
> I've been reading a lot about this subject and have created a number of
USB-key
> configurations that might have worked -- but none did.
>
> Does anyone out here have boot-from-USB working ? Or, perhaps know some
reason why it
> should not work ?
>
> If so, could you share your knowledge with me and the group ?
>
>
>
> Thanks, Bob
>
>

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