Am 07.05.2013 um 23:23 schrieb Patrick Bartek:
Unfortunately, the Thinkpad 240X we're discussing here can't boot directly off a CD or even a USB thumb drive for that matter. Natively, it can only boot off a floppy or internal hard drive. (I said this thing was ancient. ;-) ) And except for the hard drive, all other drives are externals.
You can try to install from Windows.This method is convenient and saves your time (no need to prepare install media).
Helmut Wollmersdorfer