On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 05:44:39PM -0600, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 11:12:00AM +0100, Claudio Jeker wrote: > > I have the same issue on my X40. After I used the SD slot I need to reboot > > to make it work again. > > Hard reboot, not soft reboot, right? >
Reboot as in typing reboot and waiting till I get back a login prompt. Btw. I'm rebooting with the SD card inserted perhaps that does the trick. > > I have the feeling this is a BIOS issue as other > > X40 users (like uwe@) do not seem to have this issue. > > I just upgraded my BIOS and Embedded Controller software to the latest > available on IBM's website, and still no luck. Right after upgrading, > I was able to insert an SD card twice and have it recognized both > times, but after rebooting I'm back to just one shot per hard reboot. > Grmpf, here goes my theory. Damn it. > > Upgrading my X40 BIOS seems to be impossible without some Virus Runtime > > Environment from Redmond. > > I extracted the floppy disk images as per Stuart's instructions, and > then used pxelinux + memdisk to netboot the updater programs. > Thanks for the tip. -- :wq Claudio
