I guess I was bored enough to build a T420 from parts this time.
I got the one without discrete GPU. Since I plan on upgrading the CPU, I decided on picking the cheapest, which was one with an i5.
I got the HD+ one instead of the regular HD resolution, since I...
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.
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...
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...
After seeing that the flashing method works from the previous post, I decided to take it to the next level and built coreboot myself.
Installed the necessary packages with:
apt install git build-essential gnat flex bison libncurses-dev libssl-dev wg...Following up my previous post on installing coreboot on X230, I decided to completely liberate my laptop. The method that I was using only covers the BIOS, leaving the other portion of the laptop firmware would remain untouched. While I would want to let the low-level stuff (e.g. firmwares for the...
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