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i have thinkpad x40 (no optical drive) bought on ebay. came preinstalled w/ windows xp , works fine. having trouble getting boot off usb stick.

tried both universal usb installer , unetbootin install ubuntu isos. boot live disc fine on pc in signature. when boot on thinkpad, says boot error. tried both sandisk 8gb & corsair 32gb usb sticks. thinkpad has 2 usb 2.0, work otherwise.

have set boot first usb-hdd, have tried using os menu select after going bios. trying avoid having buy usb cd-rom if possible.

specs @ thinkpad linux site:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/category:x40

--i had posted in install problems, think more appropriate here. post note mods close other thread.

ok,

went , asked thinkpad forum, http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=89692 , , checked see if laptop had bios updates. updated laptop bios 1.22 bios 2.08.

bios update not needed, said booting usb using bios 1.22. able keep testing different options , found able boot using puppy linux on 3rd 256mb flash drive. (since requires 128mb)

have purchase 4th flash drive , hope works ubuntu.

update: new flash drive worked, able load xubuntu 9.04 (updated 9.10) since 10.04 boots black screen. , alternate install cd not work usb flash drive.


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