updating bios with external usb floppy

Older ThinkPads.. from the 600, the 7xx, the iSeries, 300, 500, the Transnote and, of course, the 701
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updating bios with external usb floppy

#1 Post by kendra » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:54 am

Is it possible to update the bios with an external usb floppy drive?
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#2 Post by jdhurst » Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:27 am

You have to be able to boot from the USB Floppy. I can boot an A22e, T23, T30 and T41 from a USB Floppy. I don't know about the 600 or 770. You can build or obtain a bootable floppy and see if it works.
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#3 Post by JaneL » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:44 pm

The 600x will boot from a USB floppy.
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