[ltp] Urgent:No boot a tp600x bios update!

[Boyan]

Hello,

On 8 Apr 2002, Thomas Hood wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 06:06, Boyan wrote:
> > single user: /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 gives me nothing, no error.
> > Alt-F2 is not working and has not been ever since the bios upgrade.
> >
> > Somethinge esle that I observed is that the name of the host is never
> > properly given, it is alsways (none):. Is it a feature of the single
> > user boot mode?
>
> I suggest you reflash the firmware, run diagnostics and do a fsck.
> The symptoms you describe are very worrisome.

I still cannot figure out how to 'reflash the firmware'? Google
invariably leads me to some Dakota firmware reflash. Do you mean
reformatting of the hard disk?

On the other hand, I started to get some time problems when in
windows (the only system usable at present). The time jumps with
several hours and then lags behind with hours. I set the time in bios
but next time I see again a different value. I am not sure if this is
connected with the linux boot problem after the bios update.

Another thought I had was about the EEPROM warning that is on your
thinkpad webpage. But I have never ever installed the 'sensors'
packages (despite all the inconsistencies complaints of suse yast
package menager), since I knew about the warning. Also, after the Bios
update I still see the system unit serial, system board serial and the
UUID, which are exactly the same as before.

Regards,
Boyan


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