Thanks for all the help on this. I ended up using the windows utility and the whole process was painless. Instructions were here: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/8quj08us.txt
> I've just had a look at BIOS updates for my Thinkpad Edge 11 and they're > delivered as a bootable CD so there will presumably be a similar option for > the Thinkpad X121e. > Yes, one is available here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS019251, but the windows route seemed easier. Thanks again. j -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
