X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/23ecc05779102fb16f481e7fd7cb6e8d80ff92e4..5cf92d4e9411a7b4da9a5088065c5ba5c322aabf:/blog/archive/2022/04/04.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2022/04/04.rss b/blog/archive/2022/04/04.rss index 650351d51a..ae8cc4f8f4 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2022/04/04.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2022/04/04.rss @@ -7,22 +7,22 @@ - genisoimage make CD firmware upgrades a breeze - https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/genisoimage_make_CD_firmware_upgrades_a_breeze.html - https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/genisoimage_make_CD_firmware_upgrades_a_breeze.html - Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0200 + geteltorito make CD firmware upgrades a breeze + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/geteltorito_make_CD_firmware_upgrades_a_breeze.html + https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/geteltorito_make_CD_firmware_upgrades_a_breeze.html + Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:50:00 +0200 <p>Recently I wanted to upgrade the firmware of my thinkpad, and located the firmware download page from Lenovo (which annoyingly do not allow access via Tor, forcing me to hand them more personal information that I would like). The -<a href="https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht003029-lenovo-system-update-update-drivers-bios-and-applications">download +<a href="https://support.lenovo.com/no/en/search?query=thinkpad firmware bios upgrade iso&SearchType=Customer search&searchLocation=Masthead">download from Lenovo</a> is a bootable ISO image, which is a bit of a problem when all I got available is a USB memory stick. I tried booting the ISO as a USB stick, but this did not work. But genisoimage came to the rescue.</p> <P>The geteltorito program in -<a href="http://tracker.debian.org/genisoimage">the genisoimage +<a href="http://tracker.debian.org/cdrkit">the genisoimage binary package</a> is able to convert the bootable ISO image to a bootable USB stick using a simple command line recipe, which I then can write to the most recently inserted USB stick:</p>