IBM ThinkPad T20

[Marcin Jessa]

On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 20:07:54 -0400
chris <wacky at wacky.ws> wrote:

:I recently came across an older Thinkpad T20. Unfortunatly I wasnt
:aware of the bios problem untill after a fresh install of 5.4-release
:took place and I rebooted.

What BIOS problems?

:My question is, I have an older ThinkPad 570 
:that does not have a CD or floppy drive or working usb port. 
:I can take the HDD out of the T20
:and put it in the 570 and it works fine. The 
:problem is that due to
:the lack of secondary boot device I cant wipe 
:the disk. 
I don't understand, why would you want to do that?

:Does anyone
:have any suggestions on a way to get around this? 

Network boot with PXE? 

:If all else fails I
:can toss the HDD in my girlfrieds laptop sometime 
:this week or purchase an adaptor to attach the HDD to my
:workstation. 
:Either way any input at all would be appreciated. :

Cheers,
Marcin

P.S Can you set message wrapping to 72 chars in your sylpheed?