[ltp] Re: [ltp] Re: BIOS-Update (R40)

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goog idea! what would you suggest to take the image with?
(win32-tools)

chris
Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net> schrieb am 25.05.2004, 10:33:00:
> On 25 May 2004, veith@codezilla.de wrote:
> > today I saw that there is a bios-update to my R40 available at ibm.com.
> > what really sucks is, that it can be installed under (****) Win ONLY!
> > (imagine that! just think about it for 10 sec...)
> >
> > Has anybody tried to update via wine or similar? or has a better idea
> > than that? please tell me at least why it is not necessary for me to do
> > so ;))
> 
> From experience, the Windows tool will write out a DOS-based floppy disk
> that you boot from and that updates the BIOS. So, finding a Win32
> machine and 
build the floppy disk, even if it's not the thinkpad, should
> work.
> 
> Then you could post an image of the floppy on the Internet so that
> others don't have to dig out Win32 if you wanted. ;)
> 
>        daniel
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