On Wed, 08 May 2013, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: > > > Am 07.05.2013 um 23:23 schrieb Patrick Bartek: > > > > Unfortunately, the Thinkpad 240X we're discussing here can't > > boot directly off a CD or even a USB thumb drive for that matter. > > Natively, it can only boot off a floppy or internal hard drive. (I > > said this thing was ancient. ;-) ) And except for the hard drive, > > all other drives are externals. > > You can try to install from Windows. > > This method is convenient and saves your time (no need to prepare > install media).
As far as I can remember, this option was not even possible 7 years ago when I initially installed Sarge. Now, it is, but due to the age of the notebook, which still works as it is, I don't know if it's worth the effort. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130508102647.77d33...@debian7.boseck208.net
