[ltp] Updating BIOS and Embedded Controller from Windows CD install

Wed, 8 Jun 2005 08:38:38 -0400

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:30:06AM -0400, leam@reuel.net wrote:
> Well, I managed to *not* save my resuce partition, it seems. At least when I boot "Other" it starts to give some of the strange ASCII characters and then just hangs.
> 
> The BIOS and Embedded Controller Programs are not the most current. Is there any problem with reloading the laptop with NT, upgrading the BIOS/ Embeded Controller, and then re-installing Linux?
> 
> The T30 is new to me though refurbished from IBM. A new Linux install won't be that difficult as I'm working on Kickstart anyway.  :)
> 
> Also, is there any issue with non-IBM RAM being installed? It only has 256M and I'd like more.
> 

One other note, there may still be a resuce partition there. Any suggestions on a grub.conf stanza to get into it?

ciao!

leam