[ltp] BIOS Update via USB CD-ROM using ISO?

[Florian Reitmeir]

Hi,

its really hard.. to update an X Series, but last time it worked like:

make an fat partition
install qemu
install via qemu MS-DOS to the disk
(its enough booting a win98 floppy in qemu and the do a "sys c:")
now copy the bios files to the fat parition
then boot the DOS
.. do the update.


what didn't work for me:
- USB CDROM
- FreeDos
- memdisk

if you have a docking station then use the cd-drive of the dock.


On Sun, 08 Jul 2007, r8scq7b02@sneakemail.com wrote:

> Has anyone successfully updated the BIOS using the Lenovo provided ISO with an 
> external USB CD-ROM? Specifically on an X-series, but I would assume that if 
> it worked on a T-series it would also work on an X. In the past, I have 
> upgraded the BIOS using my own created ISO which used the floppy images (if I 
> remember correctly) and was made bootable.
> 
> I ask because the README states that only the Ultrabay should be used with the 
> Lenovo provided ISO images, and I am not sure if they did anything to them 
> that would break USB support midway into the BIOS upgrade.
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Florian Reitmeir