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    Installing other OS's on an X22

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Hawkeye05, Jul 29, 2008.

  1. Hawkeye05

    Hawkeye05 Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought an X22 off of eBay and I'm looking to install either Debian or Fedora on it, though it didn't come with a dock. And i cant seem to get it to boot from my external DVD writer (it thinks its an external Hard Drive for some reason) and it wont boot off of a USB jump drive either. Ive updated the bios, but it still wont boot off of anything other than the internal HDD. Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    Well, it lists my external DVD as a Hard Drive, and it has never been able to use it even in XP, i believe it is a USB 2 vs USB 1 thing the external is 2.0 only i think.
     
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