[ltp] R50 under Debian : bios update possible ? + recovery cd's question

Carlo Hamalainen linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 13 May 2004 15:05:59 +0100


Didrik Pinte wrote:

>1) is it possible to get the .exe bios updates from the site transferred
>on a bootable CD (even if I need to use another windows computer) ?
>  
>

This is the case. You can download an .exe file, run it, and it extracts 
the bios update image to a temporary directory somewhere, which you can 
copy (while the program is still open) and then dump onto a bootable 
CDR. I've done this and it works fine (on a T40).

This webpage has step by step details: http://www.digriz.org.uk/t40p-linux/

-- Carlo