http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade/X_Series
looks as if it could be valuable... Sorry for disturbing. On 1/9/08, Johannes Dieterich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > half offtopic: concerning the BIOS update: > > On 1/8/08, Nathan Lay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > If you can, use DR-DOS (Caldera's DOS). Not to rag on FreeDOS or > > anything, but I've had bad experiences with FreeDOS and BIOS updates. > > > > http://www.drdosprojects.de/ > > > > Best Regards, > > Nathan Lay > > > > thanks for the link but after checking the release notes a little bit on > the lenovo page for the BIOS update two things are remarkable: > > 1) They nowadays have a bootable CD version (most likely most people here > knew already) which enables you in theory to update without a Windows. BUT > > 2) That is just working with an IBM CD-drive sitting in the Thinkpads > Ultrabay, explicitly NOT (at least that is what it says) with an IBM docking > station. Can someone here explain me the sense of having such a thing for > the X-series then? On top > > 2*) You are not allowed to have any USB drives connected to your Thinkpad > whilst updating. > > Wonderful, or? > > Bye, > > Johannes > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
