Thanks Kris, i'll have a look at that. j
On 18 July 2012 11:44, Kris Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 July 2012 11:39, James Morrissey <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Each generation is a filter, a sieve; good genes tend to fall through >>>> the sieve into the next generation; bad genes tend to end up in bodies >>>> that die young or without reproducing." >>>> -- Richard Dawkins >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > Kris Douglas. > www.krisd.eu > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
