IBM Intellistation M-30 Pro Linux BIOS Update Version 1.36 Installation README File CONTENTS ________ 1.0 Overview 2.0 Change History 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 6.0 Web Sites and Support Phone Number 7.0 Trademarks and Notices 8.0 Disclaimer 1.0 Overview 1.1 This README file contains the latest information about installing the IBM POST/BIOS code. 1.2 Limitations - NA 1.3 Enhancements - NA 1.4 Level of Recommendations and Prerequisites for the Update: 1.5 Dependencies 2.0 Change History ( fixed issues ) Bios Version 1.36 - Build FIE136A - Fixed Using Direcotor Utility, the memory information displayed with '??' - Updated code to be able to pass HCT Bios Version 1.35 - Build FIE135A - Supported SuSE SLES9 ACPI mode=on function Bios Version 1.34 - Build FIE134B - Corrected an issue where the the system would not auto-power off after a BIOS recovery operation - Corrected an issue where ASF ( Alert Standard Format ) command issued from Director will lock up system keyboard - Support for new CPUs ( Prescott T 3.0G ~ 3.6G ) and 3D Lab Wildcat-800 graphic card Bios Version 1.33 - Build FIE133A - Fixed The CPU will over heat and turn on LED with Nidec fan in Bios Version 1.32 - Build FIE132A - Fixed Incorrect beep code occurs while memory size has changed. - Fixed System trigger the WOL event after cleaning CMOS. BIOS Version 1.31 - Build FIE131A - Fixed FAN error LED related issue during POST. BIOS Version 1.30 - Build FIE130A - Initial release 3.0 Installation and Setup Instructions 3.1 Step by step instructions for this code update - Run the "IBM Intellistation M-30 Pro Linux BIOS Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. 3.2 Step by step instructions for extracting the Linux update files. - Run the "IBM Intellistation M-30 Pro Linux BIOS Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -x " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Windows update files will be extracted. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a BIOS update under Linux. Run "./lflash" from a command line to update BIOS. 3.3 Step by step instructions for extracting the DOS update files to diskette. - Run the "IBM Intellistation M-30 Pro Linux BIOS Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -xd " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Windows update files will be extracted. If is omitted, /dev/fd0 is assumed. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. - The diskette created is the DOS BIOS update diskette. 4.0 Configuration Information 5.0 Unattended Mode 5.1 Performing the update in unattended mode - Run the "IBM Intellistation M-30 Pro Linux BIOS Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -s" where .sh is the downloaded update. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. 5.2 Extracting the Linux update files in unattended mode - Run the "IBM Intellistation M-30 Pro Linux BIOS Update" with the following command line: "./.sh -x " where .sh is the downloaded update and is the path to which the Linux update files will be extracted. NOTE: The following message is shown on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and other distributions that do not install the compatibility libstdc++ library. ./lflash: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.1-1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. If the above message is shown, install the compat-libstdc++*.rpm that was included on the distribution media. - The files extracted are all the files that are necessary to perform a BIOS update under Linux. Run "./lflash" from a command line to update BIOS.