I've had a couple (albeit, older, but USB 2.0) thumb drives that my machines simply wouldn't boot off of, even after trying several different methods of installing Linux on them. I think Dale should 1) try to get another computer to boot off of his hard drive and 2) try using a different thumb drive or hard drive with his Thinkpad, if that is possible for him. That would at least confirm where the problem lies.
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote: > How have you seen that? If the device in question adheres to the > USB specifications, then I fail to see how it this can happen. There > really isn't anything special about booting--the machine that is > booting has to know about USB devices, but beyond that it isn't > special. Now, systems that don't properly talk USB could have all > sorts of interesting problems, certainly. Are you sure you haven't > crashed into them? Lastly, are these older USB devices? I can see > USB 1.x things being broken, but not 2.0 stuff. > > I'm curious about this. > > Thanks, STeve Andre' > > > On 03/17/12 12:31, Calvin Walden wrote: > >> 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<radiotest@plymouthcolony.* >> *net <[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> >>> <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> >>> <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<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
