Something I've noticed is that not all USB storage devices can be booted from. Maybe try to boot off of it using a different machine first?
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Dale H. Cook <[email protected] > wrote: > I have acquired a T42 with no HDD. The boot device table at ThinkWiki > shows the T42 as capable of booting from a USB HDD. I have tried booting > from a USB HD, but in the F12 menu it shows as "-USB HDD" and I presume > that the "-USB" means that it is not bootable (and it won't boot). The > "-USB HDD" also shows in the boot order in the BIOS (and, yes, I do have > USB support enabled in the BIOS). It will boot from a Windows CD in the CD > drive or from a DOS floppy in a USB floppy drive. > > If I enable diagnostics boot mode in the BIOS everything looks normal - > the system and extended RAM pass, and everything else in the diagnostics > looks normal. > > The model is 2379-DWU. Could there be something odd about this machine > that prevents booting from the USB HDD, and is there anything I can do > about it? > > Dale H. Cook, Market Chief Engineer, Centennial Broadcasting, > Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA > http://plymouthcolony.net/**starcityeng/index.html<http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html> > ______________________________**_________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/thinkpad<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
