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    X61s: use SD card to boot OS

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by null84, Jun 18, 2007.

  1. null84

    null84 Notebook Evangelist

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    can i use SD card to boot OS?
    what about linux? (ubuntu)
     
    null84, Jun 18, 2007
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  2. vedavin

    vedavin Notebook Geek

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    I think u can......make sure you have it as the first one in boot order
     
    vedavin, Jun 18, 2007
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  3. tennismaster

    tennismaster Notebook Consultant

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    If the bios supports booting from an external device...I know my old Dell doesn't support booting from an external device but I believe that most newer machines do. And I would assume that thinkpads are no exception.
     
    tennismaster, Jun 19, 2007
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  4. colm

    colm Notebook Consultant

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    If your machine supports booting from USB, get yourself a 4Gb thumbdrive and boot Vista from that. Google for the instructions on how to make the USB drive bootable. I've done this before with my UMPC.
     
    colm, Jun 19, 2007
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