From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 9 19:57:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6882E16A41B for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:57:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterich.joh@googlemail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2051013C459 for ; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:57:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterich.joh@googlemail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so211692wxd.7 for ; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:57:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=2OIfDrnyylz2RtRTn8e+0LbdsN+Da3+NuUamLpbcW1I=; b=SzmG4bTxg9TeiLZaiWULQBqy2GqFzqDEECKKak6AqnbnpK3Qm0ivH2mrC3H22WuK26k1BQlQjpPY2OBiFk4tusqmfp0RNUvzyk65NDeYwYXzqjAA7bKd4xFPpx9VsvBMYD6Y35Lh8fcskwmEixHht4WUiEVwRdbC65ko3PwAADM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Cduw1gRvumWcWX+WaCb4SDITPfRrB/vNwozm4S6MaO41T6+S690N5MmUjjje2EoUszBhk0QglKx96ZnODLwBfsU68VhtQ4D1kIsW6DoI6b3Ex1v6Jn0TjqO3vbv1TisQnETSQa9PllPfoTS3aUAxV7hX9HXKtXBkFkxFMPG0pwU= Received: by 10.150.124.2 with SMTP id w2mr440666ybc.2.1199908677893; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:57:57 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.10.21 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:57:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <542798610801091157r4d26b060we35f0be546776003@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:57:57 +0100 From: "Johannes Dieterich" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <542798610801091129m5a3d6421x4d2670955ecc04e3@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <542798610801060556h28d300f2n4fdcf21d83d2213f@mail.gmail.com> <47813D8E.9080603@fsck.ch> <542798610801061326o63f731d5o32bef2eb2624f85e@mail.gmail.com> <20080106222040.GB67243@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <542798610801061458m2a878a9dj2d33065de3642236@mail.gmail.com> <1199667145.899.39.camel@RabbitsDen> <542798610801071242y682bdf8br9fc9be5ea258702b@mail.gmail.com> <1199758576.718.31.camel@RabbitsDen> <4782E1D5.4080907@comcast.net> <542798610801091129m5a3d6421x4d2670955ecc04e3@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: [OT] overheating Thinkpad X60s with 7.0-RC1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:57:59 -0000 http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/BIOS_Upgrade/X_Series looks as if it could be valuable... Sorry for disturbing. On 1/9/08, Johannes Dieterich wrote: > > Hello, > > half offtopic: concerning the BIOS update: > > On 1/8/08, Nathan Lay wrote: > > > > > > If you can, use DR-DOS (Caldera's DOS). Not to rag on FreeDOS or > > anything, but I've had bad experiences with FreeDOS and BIOS updates. > > > > http://www.drdosprojects.de/ > > > > Best Regards, > > Nathan Lay > > > > thanks for the link but after checking the release notes a little bit on > the lenovo page for the BIOS update two things are remarkable: > > 1) They nowadays have a bootable CD version (most likely most people here > knew already) which enables you in theory to update without a Windows. BUT > > 2) That is just working with an IBM CD-drive sitting in the Thinkpads > Ultrabay, explicitly NOT (at least that is what it says) with an IBM docking > station. Can someone here explain me the sense of having such a thing for > the X-series then? On top > > 2*) You are not allowed to have any USB drives connected to your Thinkpad > whilst updating. > > Wonderful, or? > > Bye, > > Johannes >