THinkPad 390E

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by TRS-80, May 15, 2010.

  1. TRS-80

    TRS-80 Private E-2

    I have an old IBM ThinkPad 390e and am installing Linux on it and to do so I have to boot from the CD. However, when I access the BIOS via F1 I do not see anything for modifying the boot sequence. I've not seen this type of BIOS setup with other machines where I can change the boot sequence.
     
    TRS-80, May 15, 2010
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  2. Puppywunder58

    Puppywunder58 Master Sergeant

    My old ThinkPad 390E had a combo floppy/CDROM drive in it.

    So you could get a Win98 boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm which contains the CDROM drivers on it and try that.
     
    Puppywunder58, May 16, 2010
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  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Do You only have a CD drive?
    Not all BIOSes are able to boot from a CD. I have an old Dell Optiplex desktop that can only boot from a floppy or a network (it was a business computer).
    There is a way to get it to boot from a CD but you need a special boot floppy to do this.
    So let us know if you have an internal floppy drive.
     
    plodr, May 16, 2010
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  4. TRS-80

    TRS-80 Private E-2

    The box does have a 3.5 floppy as well as the CD. Any further info is appreciated. Once again it has a Fedora linux installed with security codes that I don't know and I want to install a newer freshed Kubuntu to start anew.
     
    TRS-80, May 16, 2010
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