From: Don Armstrong Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 20:28:38 +0000 (-0800) Subject: * update x200 bios update X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=don.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=cbc59eb2875715dc2f83052ffb7f4127f3afb267 * update x200 bios update --- diff --git a/posts/x200_bios_update.mdwn b/posts/x200_bios_update.mdwn index e39edc4..aad3dc2 100644 --- a/posts/x200_bios_update.mdwn +++ b/posts/x200_bios_update.mdwn @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ All you have to do is download the install syslinux `aptitude install syslinux`, and configure grub to start memdisk and boot off of the iso. You can do this by copying the iso to your boot partition (`cp 7wuj43uc.iso /boot/;`), copying -memdisk to the boot partition (`cp /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk /boot/;` +memdisk to the boot partition (`cp /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk /boot/;`) and adding an entry to your grub.cfg like the following (putting it in -/etc/grub.d/40_custom is probably the most reasonable). +/etc/grub.d/40_custom is probably the most reasonable): menuentry "Thinkpad x200 BIOS Upgrade to 3.19" { insmod part_msdos @@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ in grub, and tell the program that you really do want to upgrade the bios and that you really do have a full battery and the laptop plugged into an AC adapter. +The major idea for this method came from [ThinkWiki's entry](http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade/X_Series#Approach_10:_Booting_the_Lenovo_ISO_image_using_Grub_and_SysLinux). + [[!tag debian tech x200]]