Supported Boot Devices

The following table headings shall designate the following meanings... FDD = Internal/UltraBay Diskette ("Floppy") drive (also called "Legacy FDD") CD = Internal/UltraBay CD/DVD(-R/-RW/-RAM) drive Network = any type of network boot support (such as PXE) PCMCIA = any memory device connected via the PCMCIA/PC Card/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. v#.## = only with BIOS versions ≥ #.## N/A = not applicable

Numbered Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
750	yes	N/A	yes9	no	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
560X	yes8	N/A	yes9	yes	no	N/A	N/A	N/A
570E	yes8	yes2	N/A	?	no	?	?	N/A
600	yes	yes	N/A	yes5	no	no	no	N/A
600E	yes	yes	N/A	yes	?	?	?	N/A
600X	yes	yes	N/A	?	?	?	?	N/A
755CD	yes	?	N/A	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
755CDV	yes	?	N/A	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
755CV	yes	?	N/A	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
755CX	yes	?	N/A	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
770	yes	yes	N/A	no7	no	no	no	N/A
770E	yes	yes	N/A	?	?	?	?	N/A
770X	yes	yes	N/A	?	?	?	?	N/A
770Z	yes	yes	N/A	?	?	?	?	N/A
A Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
A20m	yes	yes	?	?	no	?	?	N/A
A20p	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
A21e	yes	yes	?	?	no	yes	?	N/A
A21m	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
A21p	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
A22e	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
A22m	yes	yes	?	?	no	?	?	N/A
A22p	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
A30	yes	yes	?	?	no	?	?	N/A
A30p	yes	yes	?	?	?	yes	?	?
A31	yes	yes	?	?	yes	?	?	N/A
A31p	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
G Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
G40	yes	yes	?	?	?	yes	?	N/A
G41	yes	yes	?	?	?	yes	?	N/A
R Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
R30	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
R31	yes	yes	yes	?	no	yes	no	N/A
R32	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?	?
R40	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	?	?	?
R40e	?	yes	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
R50	yes3	yes	yes	?	?	yes	?	N/A
R50e	?	yes	?	?	yes	?	?	N/A
R50p	yes3	yes	yes	?	?	yes	?	N/A
R51	yes3	yes	yes	?	yes	yes	?	?
R52	yes3	yes	yes	?	yes	yes	?	?
R60e	n/a	yes	yes	?	yes	?	?	n/a
T Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
T20	yes	yes	yes	no	no	?	?	N/A
T21	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	N/A
T22	yes	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	N/A
T23	yes	yes	yes	no	yes4	yes	yes	N/A
T30	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T40	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T40p	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T41	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T41p	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T42	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T42p	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T43	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T43p	yes3	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T60	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T60p	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
T61	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T61p	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T400	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T500	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T400s	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T410	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T410i	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T410s	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
T510	no	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	?
W Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
W500	?	yes	yes	?	?	?	?	?
X Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
X20	yes2	yes2	yes	no	no	yes	yes	N/A
X21	yes2	yes2	yes	no	no	?	yes	N/A
X22	yes2	yes2	yes	no	yes10	yes	yes	N/A
X23	yes2	yes2	yes	?	?	yes	yes	N/A
X24	yes2	yes2	yes	?	yes	?	?	N/A
X30	yes2	yes2	yes	?	part1	yes	yes	?
X31	yes2	yes2	yes	?	yes	yes	yes	?
X32	yes2	yes2	yes	?	yes	yes	?	?
X40	N/A	yes2	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
X41	N/A	yes2	yes	?	yes	yes	yes	N/A
X41 Tablet	N/A	yes2	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	N/A
X60	N/A	?	yes	?	yes	yes	yes	?
X60s	N/A	?	yes	?	yes	?	yes	?
X60 Tablet	N/A	yes	yes	?	yes	?	yes	no
X61	N/A	?	yes	?	yes	?	yes	?
X61s	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
X61 Tablet	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Z Series
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
Z60m	?	yes	?	?	yes6	?	?	N/A
Z60t	yes	yes	yes	?	yes	yes	yes	N/A
Z61m	?	yes	yes	?	yes	?	?	?
Others
Model	FDD	CD	Network	PCMCIA	USB HD	USB FDD	USB CD	FireWire HD
TransNote	N/A	N/A	yes	no	?	yes	yes	N/A

• S30
• S31

FOOTNOTES [Δ]

1. 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 (assuming one is indeed present).
2. Internal CD/FD means the ones in the UltraBase for X series and 570 models.
3. Requires an external Floppy drive attached to Port Replicator or Dock
4. Requires that the user select the drive from the disk option shown after clicking F12 on the boot sequence.
5. Boots from a flash memory drive, i.e. CompactFlash (with PCMCIA adapter).
6. It is working with lilo boot loader, however it failed with syslinux.
7. Supported by the BIOS configuration, but doesn't seem to work.
8. An external FDD connected to the dedicated FDD port
9. Network boot is in EZSetup, but may require specific IBM PXE-enabled NIC.
10. Only works if the internal HDD is removed, or boot from internal HDD is disabled in the BIOS