[ltp] TkPad600E BIOS INET26WW (99/11/19) incompatible with Linux

[David Newman]

>
> I made the same mistake of using IBM's BIOS upgrade.  Now LINUX can't seem
> to recognize my /hda!!!
>
> If someone has a solution for this problem, I would very much appreciate
> your help.
>

yes -- roll back to the previous BIOS version, INET25WW, which is still
available here:

ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/spsdin25.exe

Allegedly INET26WW can be made to work by entering your hard disk's
cylinder, head, and sector info at boot time (this info is printed on your
hard drive). I tried this without success.

dn



> Jon
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William van Zwanenberg [mailto:will@willz.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 4:33 AM
> > To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] TkPad600E BIOS INET26WW (99/11/19) incompatible with
> > Linux
> >
> >
> > At 11:36 AM 2/7/00 +0800, you wrote:
> > >Hi there,
> > >
> > >Has anyone upgraded Thinkpad 600E BIOS (or "System Software" as
> > IBM calls it)
> > >to INET26WW (99/11/19), then Linux cannot recognize the drive
> (and hence
> > >looses it root filesystem) with the msgs at LILO:
> > >	PIIX4: not 100% native mode
> > >		will probe irqs later
> > >	hda:	no response
> > >	hda:	non-ide drive
> > >
> > >I am sure the problem is with the BIOS because it occured right after
> > >the upgrade.  And I have tried at least 2 newly partitioned drives.
> > >
> > >I tried RedHat 6.0, 6.1 & Slackware 7.0
> > >
> > >The IBM support replied me that BIOS is not downgradable and
> the version
> > >is already the latest.
> > >
> > >Would anybody kindly advise me if there is any workaround?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >-
> > >Kelvin Kan.
> >
> > I personally haven't bothered to upgrade the BIOS on my 600E. From the
> > sounds of things, I'm glad I haven't.
> >
> >
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