Re: Boot halts on Thinkpad X220 (Sandy Bridge)

From: Daniel Staal <DStaal_at_usa.net>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 14:30:21 -0400
--As of May 27, 2011 10:14:20 AM -0700, Xin LI is alleged to have said:

> The problem we had was that it seems that running the BIOS in the
> x86emu emulator on amd64 would cause problem.  This doesn't seem to be
> fixable without hands-on experiments on a system in question, it's
> either a BIOS bug or an emulator bug.  The strange part of the problem
> is that the functionality is quite common in the Good Old Days (TM).

--As for the rest, it is mine.

Lenovo has posted an updated BIOS for the box.  Would you like me to try 
booting an older install with it?

Daniel T. Staal

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