In article <upBcb.63$88.3396@newsall.dti.ne.jp>, Graham Bell <grabelly@netscape.net.dumb.spam> wrote:

>I've had an S30 for some time..


kool ...  I'll pop you an email at the netscape addy

thanks for that!

>
>As far as booting from a PCMCIA CDROM, I don't think it will do it. I 
>know it won't boot from my PCMCIA DVD-ROM. However, maybe a genuine IBM 
>one will do something special.
>It does boot from a USB port device like a floppy drive, though. I've 
>used this on mine several times.
>
>In the BIOS there is a CDROM entry in the boot device order list, but I 
>suspect it may only apply to a USB CDROM. It definitely doesn't boot 
>with my Pioneer PCMCIA DVD-ROM..
>
>In any case, as long as you have a USB floppy drive, you can boot up ok. 
>  Even for an OS reinstall, you just need to create boot floppies first.
>
>Graham
>

See Ya
(when bandwidth gets better ;-)

Chris Eastwood

we tend to blame others for our problems
I think this is something we inherit from our parents

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