[ltp] BIOS update on Thinkpad X220 fails

Yves-Alexis Perez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:03:45 +0100


On mer., 2011-11-16 at 10:52 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> Trying the usual:
> 
> label x220t
>         menu label x220t bios update
>         linux memdisk 
>         append iso
>         initrd /8duj12uc.iso
> 
> doesn't work. With the initial image, it fails with the same error as
> initial poster (upgrade just hangs). With the images after
> geteltorito,
> it doesn't boot. Relevant messages during boot:
> 
> El Torito BCD sanity check failed.
> El Torito bot catalog sanity check failed.
> MEMDISK: Image seems to have fractional end cylinder
> [...]
> MEMDISK: bootstrap too large to load 

So, removing "append iso" fixes the problem, but I'm back to the initial
problem, the upgrade hangs...
-- 
Yves-Alexis