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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS


  2. #82
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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    Hey..

    im glad that i found this tutorial!

    i wonder, if it is possible to create a bootable .ISO file instead of creating directly a bootable usb stick?

    my goal is to create a multi boot usb stick, with several bios versions..

    x61, t61 and so on..

    so that i will boot from the usb stick.. and it loads through syslinux or grub4dos the bootable image..

    anyone of you got an idea?

  3. #83
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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    I follow your tutorial to update BIOS from a USB key and it work perfectly (using Linux method).

    I used it to update SATA to SATA2 Bios on a X61s.

    I even update Bios Splashcreen

    Many thanks

  4. #84
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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    This not longer seems to work... I get:


    $ sudo cp -af /tmp/bios/ /media/EED3-FFBD/
    cp: failed to preserve ownership for `/media/EED3-FFBD/bios': Operation not permitted

    Not sure what changed but any update would be great.

    Also... you forget to mention that you should remount your USB between steps 1 and 2.

  5. #85
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    Blank screen with blinking cursor solved

    Hi all

    first of all thanks for this great how to! I managed to upgrade my BIOS yesterday.

    I prepared a USB stick on Windows. It took several attempts until it worked. The first attempt ended up in a blank (black) screen with a blinking cursor (several users reported the same issue in this thread). When i tried to prepare the USB stick on Linux, i noticed that the command

    Code:
    $ sudo dd if=./win98usb.img of=/dev/sdc conv=notrunc
    formatted my USB stick using FAT 32.

    So i tried the Windows path again but in step 1. Format the USB stick to be a DOS boot device (Windows), i chose FAT 32 instead of FAT 16.

    This solved the problem (at least for me) with the blank screen and the blinking cursor.

    Another helpful hint: After powering on your Lenovo, hit F12 -> A list of bootable devices will be displayed. Select your prepared USB stick to boot from that one.

    Hope that helps.

  6. #86
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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    Just wanted to say a quick thank you for your detailed post.
    Maybe it was the new years hangover but i didn't even think about using a usb stick.
    And having the images attached to the post, made it a painless process.

    So, thanks again mbsullivan.
    ~lf

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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    Thnks a lot. Works great for me.

    You may be also interested in this:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/leno...ml#post6501443

    It's a bios hack to enable SataII on many Lenovo Laptops...

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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    Hey,

    Thanks a lot for this useful post.

    I have a Lenovo X220 but also have the same problem of how to use the iso file to update the bios.

    The iso file i need is this one here:

    http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub...s/8duj18uc.iso

    I have followed your instructions up until here:
    Code:
    sudo mount -o loop [path to ISO file] [mount point]
    But the iso seems empty, when I do a ls on the mount point. I can't proceed after that.

    Any idea why this is happening?

    Update: I ended up burning the ISO on a CD and installing it from a CD. It worked fine. But how comes I couldn't mount and see the files inside the ISO? Its not ideal to burn each time a CD for a bios update

    Many Thanks,
    Houman
    Last edited by Houmie; August 4th, 2012 at 01:18 PM.

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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    Quote Originally Posted by Houmie View Post
    I have followed your instructions up until here:
    Code:
    sudo mount -o loop [path to ISO file] [mount point]
    But the iso seems empty, when I do a ls on the mount point. I can't proceed after that.
    I had the same problem (as did StickyTape, back on page 2). It turns out the iso is a boot image which contains a hard disk image. You can mount the hard disk image by setting the correct offset. For me, this worked:

    Code:
    sudo mount -o loop,offset=71680 [filename.iso] [mountpoint]
    I have yet to try the bootable USB, but the files are all there.

    The offset may be different for your iso. Unfortunately I have no idea how to find it. If you're interested, this is where I found this solution: http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Bios-Spl...html#a33270470

  10. #90
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    Re: How to Upgrade the Thinkpad x61 BIOS

    Quote Originally Posted by mbsullivan View Post
    This tutorial details how to upgrade the BIOS of a Thinkpad x61, x61s or x61s tablet notebook using a bootable USB stick.
    FWIW, I just used this procedure to upgrade the BIOS of my T61 to 2.30 (using the win98usb.tar disk image, and I had to type "command.com" at the prompt). It went very smoothly, thank you very much.

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