Upgrading the BIOS on the X61 is not a simple matter unless you have got the docking station with a CD drive or windows on another partition. It is not possible to directly update the BIOS using a USB CDROM or floppy.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade I find this statement quite frightening. "By following any of the instructions here you are accepting the very real risk of turning your thinkpad into a big expensive paper weight, as a firmware update gone wrong can create unfixable problems. Proceed at your own risk!" -- PJ On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 00:27 +0000, Jason Perlow wrote: > Problem appears to be resolved with 2.6.24-16 after upgrading ThinkPad T60 > to latest bios revision, as boot errors before dropping to initrams seemed > to indicate a PnP bios problem. Requires updating to latest Lenovo Update > software and downloading BIOS patch in Windows. > > Please confirm on other models -- Jason -- wubi boot fails after kernel abi-2.6.24-16-generic upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/216418 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
