[ubuntu-uk] Update BIOS with dual boot

[James Morrissey]

Thanks Kris, i'll have a look at that.

j

On 18 July 2012 11:44, Kris Douglas <krisdouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 July 2012 11:39, James Morrissey <morrissey.james1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Wny not use any one of the USB-creator tools to turn a live CD image into a
>>> Live USB image? Or do you not have that as an ISO?
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought of this, but all the information seemed to suggest that i
>> needed a boot loader installed separately. If i have an ISO can i just
>> create a live USB out of it and use that to update?
>>
>> j
>>
>>> On 18 July 2012 11:34, Tyler J. Wagner <tyler at tolaris.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2012-07-18 11:25, James Morrissey wrote:
>>>>> Having spoken to Lenovo, i am rather unsatisfied.
>>>>>
>>>>> Their story is that they don't know why the windows client won't work.
>>>>> They also suggest that i use the live CD as a means for updating the
>>>>> BIOS - this is the recommended method. Unbelievably (to my mind, at
>>>>> least), they only have instructions for this using a CD. This is
>>>>> currently hopeless for me as i have a thinkpad x121e which has no
>>>>> optical drive, and i don't have an external drive on me.
>>>>
>>>> Wny not use any one of the USB-creator tools to turn a live CD image into a
>>>> Live USB image? Or do you not have that as an ISO?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Tyler
>>>>
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>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> James Morrissey
>> Research Officer
>> Refugee Studies Centre | Department of International Development |
>> University of Oxford
>> 3 Mansfield Road | Oxford, United Kingdom | OX1 3TB
>
> There is an HP utility that can do this, this guide shows how to load
> the ISO on to a USB and boot it, should work.
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=817897
>
> Will need adapting slightly as your image will be different.
>
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