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Thnikpad X200: Revision 7

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^ links

* bios upgrade http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-70652
* hard drive firmware http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-63685
* http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_update_without_optical_disk

^ grub2 memdisk config

.pre
menuentry "HD firmware update" {
linux16 /memdisk iso
initrd16 /fwsh33.iso
}

menuentry "BIOS update" {
linux16 /memdisk iso
initrd16 /7wuj39uc.iso
}
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^ mount image

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dpavlin@x200:~$ sudo fdisk -l -u /boot/bios.img
You must set cylinders.
You can do this from the extra functions menu.

Disk /boot/bios.img: 0 MB, 0 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 0 cylinders, total 0 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/boot/bios.img1 * 32 47103 23536 4 FAT16 <32M
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calculate offset

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dpavlin@x200:~$ echo '32*512' | bc
16384
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and mount it

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dpavlin@x200:~$ sudo mount /boot/bios.img /tmp/bios/ -o loop,offset=16384 -t vfat
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