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| A31, A31p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44450 BIOS], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-45662 Embedded Controller Program] | | A31, A31p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44450 BIOS], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-45662 Embedded Controller Program] | ||
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| + | | G40 || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50672 BIOS] | ||
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| R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50273 BIOS], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50279 Embedded Controller Program] | | R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50273 BIOS], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50279 Embedded Controller Program] | ||
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| − | For other operating systems there is an option to create a bootable floppy disk. This is described on the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50275 IBM site] as well. Note that you still need some Windows, OS/2 or DOS-System to create the floppy disk. For Linux you can use [http://www.dosemu.org/ DOSEMU] for this. | + | For other operating systems there is an option to create a bootable floppy disk. This is described on the [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50275 IBM site] as well. Note that you still need some Windows, OS/2 or DOS-System to create the floppy disk. For Linux you can use [http://www.dosemu.org/ DOSEMU] for this. For A32/p there is even a special version for Linux availlable. |
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| A31, A31p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44451 BIOS (Windows)], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-45898 BIOS (Linux)], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-45663 Embedded Controller Program] | | A31, A31p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44451 BIOS (Windows)], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-45898 BIOS (Linux)], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-45663 Embedded Controller Program] | ||
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| + | | G40 || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50673 BIOS] | ||
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| R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50275 BIOS], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50277 Embedded Controller Program] | | R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p || [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50275 BIOS], [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-50277 Embedded Controller Program] | ||
Revision as of 19:02, 25 September 2004
Contents
BIOS Upgrade
Updating from within Windows
When upgrading from a Windows installation, a BIOS upgrade is quite simple if you follow the IBM instructions, as described on the respective BIOS upgrade page on the IBM site.
| Models | Page |
| A31, A31p | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| G40 | BIOS |
| R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| R51 (2883, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2894, 2895) | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| R50e | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| X31 | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
Updating from Floppy Disk
For other operating systems there is an option to create a bootable floppy disk. This is described on the IBM site as well. Note that you still need some Windows, OS/2 or DOS-System to create the floppy disk. For Linux you can use DOSEMU for this. For A32/p there is even a special version for Linux availlable.
| Models | Page |
| A31, A31p | BIOS (Windows), BIOS (Linux), Embedded Controller Program |
| G40 | BIOS |
| R50/p, R51 (1829, 1830, 1831, 1836), T40/p, T41/p, T42/p | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| R51 (2883, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2894, 2895) | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| R50e | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
| X31 | BIOS, Embedded Controller Program |
Updating from CD/DVD Drive
The whole thing gets more complicated if you neither have Windows nor a floppy drive installed. This is what this page is intended to describe.
One solution is to extract the floppy disk image with Windows, OS/2 or DOS, and use this image as a boot image for a CD/DVD. Thus it should be possible to upgrade the BIOS with the built-in CD/DVD drive.
Be aware that IBM officially does not support this! The official statement to my support request was:
I'm afraid we only support the options listed on our web page and no you can't burn a CD/DVD, however you can try to use an external USB FDD (floppy) drive. The experts recommend a IBM USB FDD, however they have also tested it with a Sony USB FDD drive. In order to make sure the drive is recognised you can boot up the FDD with a bootable dos diskette for w98
But it seems to be possible as Mathias Dalheimer describes this here.
Another indication that it should work is that IBM uses PHLASH16.EXE (at least on T4x/p systems) to flash the BIOS into the chip. The same tool is used by other vendors to flash the BIOS from bootable CD-ROMs.
Some interesting but very technical information about the used flash tool can be found here.
To get an overview which models have been tested with this version, here is a list:
Does work:
| Model | Tested by |
| R31 | Mathias Dalheimer |
| T40p | Lukas Krähenbühl, ismo at pop dot agri dot ch |
Does not work:
| Model | Tested by |
Please note that testing this is at your own risk!!!
Updating with Network Boot Image
Anyone tried this? Please add your experiences here.
Tried some different method? Please add as well.
