On Sun, Feb 09, 2025 at 03:18:46PM +0000, Geert Stappers via ipxe-devel wrote:
> <IRC-snippet>
> 11:16 < redacted> Hello
> 11:17 < redacted> i have a i have a problem
> 11:17 < redacted> we have a thinkbook 16 G7
> 11:18 < redacted> after a bios update it does not boot over ipxe
> 11:18 < redacted> version 1.20 it boots
> 11:18 < redacted> version 1.21 it does not
> 11:18 < redacted> how can i help you to fix this kind of problem ?
> 11:25 < redacted> stappers: mcb30 ^^
> 13:17 < stappers> send me a Thinkbook 16 G7, make me stakeholder
> 13:17 < stappers> (better response in the making)
> 13:51 < ErRandir> what network card does it have? Please share the
> PCI ID (from lspci -n). Does it try to boot?
> How far does it get?
> 14:22 < redacted> stappers: hehe :-) if only i could :-)
> </IRC-snippet>
>
> And after the "if only i could :-)" silence from redacted,
> not even an any sign of attempting to answer the good questions
> from ErRandir.
>
>
> But I promised a better response:
>
> The "How can I help you to fix this kind of problem?"
> can be answered with "make it rewarding".
>
> And other good ingredient for "How can I help" is being involved.
> Be present when others start showing interest in the challenge.
> redacted: you should retry
>
FWIW, redacted did retry:
<IRC-snippet>
10:13 < redacted> stappers: sorry i was out :-)
10:15 < redacted> i just rebuilded a new ipxe and now my coworker added
it well on the server and the machine seems to boot well
</IRC-snippet>
Regards
Geert Stappers
Having the warm feeling that the coworker got rewarded
--
Silence is hard to parse
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