Originally the workaround wasn't available, so one had to key through the error message every time. The message gave the impression that one was risking data loss by running with the unapproved drive. IBM's fix was to issue the BIOS you have now; they fixed the message rather than the underlying issue. IDK how real the possibility of data loss is; I read that it only takes place when running certain old utilities.
"Jon Etkins" <jon@snikte.net>
I finally experienced this behaviour first-hand today, though on a T52
rather than a T43. I installed an genuine IBM-branded Hitachi
Travelstar from a T41 (so that I could remove the hardware password and unhide
the service partition before redeploying the drive) and the BIOS halted
after POST with the warning about incompatible firmware versions. But
interestingly, the message explicitly told me how to go into the BIOS
and disable the halt so that if I wanted to continue to use the drive,
it would boot without interventi! on, albeit still displaying the warning
for a few seconds each time it was booted.
That seems like a reasonable compromise to me, so I'm puzzled why
people regard it as a show-stopper. Or does the T43 BIOS not offer such an
option?
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