Bernard, Around the time floppies went out of style (I guess Apple "led" the way on that move) IBM added USB booting to their BIOSs and every certified old fogies (blush) got one of these: http://cgi.ebay.com/290540127161.
After I fiddled a bit with David's link I found version 1.78 at: http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/i7tm26us.exe and you will be thrilled to learn that it includes both the diskette creator and also a program to make a self-booting USB drive that works fine. I'm now hoping it can become the basis of a more generally useful self-booting USB for stuff like Ultimate Boot CD etc. Please let's share. On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:25:23 +0800, Bernard Chan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello David, thanks for pointing out how to get this file; for the benefit > for those of us that are less well-informed, what are the things that the > maintenance diskette can do? > > The other thing that I cannot understand, is why this program has to be run > from a floppy drive. The latter is getting rare these days and if the > program can be run say from a memory stick then it would be much more > convenient. > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:36 PM, David Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This might be 1.77: >> http://download.lenovo.com/**ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/**i7tm25us.exe<http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/i7tm25us.exe> >> >> Here is a discussion: >> http://richlang.home.pipeline.**com/TP-HWMD.html<http://richlang.home.pipeline.com/TP-HWMD.html> >> >> and here is another that suggests that 1.73 and newer should be OK for you: >> http://forums.thinkpads.com/**viewtopic.php?f=29&t=90175<http://forums.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=90175> >> >> Good luck. >> >> David >> >> ------------------------------**-------------------- >> From: "Anthony R. Gold" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 10:21 PM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Hardware Maintenance Diskette >> >> Thanks for that. The latest one there is v1.69 and that is not working. >>> Gives errors and thinks the machine is a 570. I have seen mention of a >>> v1.79 and maybe that would help if I can find it. But maybe someone here >>> knows what I need for a T60. >>> >>> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:59:57 -1000, David Ross wrote: >>> >>> You don't say which version you need; a few versions can be found here: >>>> >>>> http://www.os2site.com/sw/**hardware/ibm/thinkpad/index.**html<http://www.os2site.com/sw/hardware/ibm/thinkpad/index.html> >>>> >>>> Others are available at some of the network of Chinese user sites (such >>>> as >>>> http://www.51nb.com/), which are hard to navigate if you don't speak the >>>> language but not so bad if you're looking for a specific disk or driver. >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**-------------------- >>>> From: "Anthony R. Gold" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:57 PM >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [Thinkpad] Hardware Maintenance Diskette >>>> >>>> All of my Thinkpad Hardware Maintenance Manuals claim that the Hardware >>>>> Maintenance Diskettes can be downloaded from http://www.lenovo.com/spmbut >>>>> that link goes nowhere. Does anyone know whether the diskette can be >>>>> found >>>>> anywhere? Does anyone have one from which they could email me an image? >>>>> I >>>>> need the T60 in particular but the task I have to do - correct the >>>>> machine >>>>> model number in the BIOS - may well be performed by diskettes for >>>>> different models. >>>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>>> Thinkpad mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/thinkpad<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Thinkpad mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/thinkpad<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> >>> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/thinkpad<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> >> > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > Bernard Chan > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
