Journal of Timothy Kenno Handojo

Building a W530 with coreboot

While waiting for the parts to get shipped to me, I played with the BIOS flash, trying to get coreboot on it as I did with the X230.

Acquiring BIOS blobs

Like the X230, this one comes with two flash chips. The difference is that instead of positioned top & bottom, this one is left & right.

The...

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Adding Linux Payload Into Coreboot

Continuing from the last post on Buildroot, I wanted to see if I can have it on my ROM.

The idea is to hav a tiny, self-contained Linux system that can be booted without any drives.

I am yet satisfied with the BIOS. I wanted to see how far I can take this by adding a bootable Linux system onto t...

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Building Minimal Linux with Buildroot

In another episode of my experimentation, I was back again tinkering with my X230. This time I tried out Buildroot.

Buildroot is a set of tools to build a tiny complete Linux system from scratch. From the tarball, you can create a bzImage with integrated initramfs that has everything you want to i...

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