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

Daniel Maier linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:51:23 +0200


On So, 2007-07-08 at 10:03 -0400, 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.

Have a look at
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade#Updating_via_Grub_and_a_Floppy_Image
Using this method I successfully upgraded the BIOS/EC of my X30.