Is it possible to make PCMCIA/eSATA Drive Bootable for ThinkPad T60p?

[oldcamel]

Hi All:

I see a lot of discussion regarding boot XP from external drives. But none of them comes with conclusion. I am wondering if it is possible to make PCMCIA/eSATA Drive bootable for ThinkPad T60p.

I tried USB option. It failed when restart after installation pass-1. I tried PCMCIA/eSATA drive. When installing XP, the PCMCIA/sSATA drive cannot be identified.

Did anyone try this with successful result? Is there any suggestion to let me boot XP from external drive?

Thanks,

oldcamel

[LLXX]

Most basic, can you boot to a DOS prompt from it?