Supported Boot Devices
Revision as of 03:00, 10 October 2005 by 68.175.108.170 (Talk)
The following tables headings shell designate the following meanings...
- Internal FD = Internal/Ultrabay Diskette ("Floppy") drive (also called "Legacy FDD")
- Internal CD = Internal/Ultrabay CD/DVD(-R/-RW/-RAM) drive
- Network = any type of network boot support (such as PXE)
- Cardbus = any memory device connected via the PCMCIA/CardBus port
- USB HD = any hard drive/flash drive/pen drive connected via the USB port
- USB FDD = Diskette ("Floppy") drive connected via the USB port
- USB CD = CD/DVD(-R/-RW/-RAM) drive connected via the USB port
- FireWire = any memory device connected via the FireWire (i.Link/IEEE 1394) port
The fields should be filled with one of the following:
- ? = unknown / untested
- yes = supported (may be selected from the BIOS)
- no = not supported (BIOS incapable of booting to this type of device)
- part = partially working (configuration not retained on reboot/requires firmware workaround/only on some devices/USB1 only). Please add footnote/link documenting the specifics.1
- v#.## = only with BIOS versions ≥ #.##
Model | Internal FD | Internal CD | Network | CardBus | USB HD | USB FDD | USB CD | FireWire HD |
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Numbered Series | ||||||||
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
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A Series | ||||||||
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G Series | ||||||||
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
R Series | ||||||||
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
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? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
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? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
T Series | ||||||||
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | no | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
yes | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | ? | no | |
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? | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | ? | no | |
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? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
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X Series | ||||||||
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
yes | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | yes | ? | ? | part | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | |
? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no |
FOOTNOTES [Δ] |
- Note specific partial functionality of ThinkPads here.
- Choosing USB Boot and booting with a USB flash drive plugged in makes boot procedure extremely long (1m30 just to pass the IBM splash screen). However, it ends up booting the OS in the USB drive.