On 18 July 2012 11:39, James Morrissey <morrissey.jam...@gmail.com> 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 <ty...@tolaris.com> 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 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/