Re: [SLE] BIOS flashing

From: Jack Malone (jmalone_at_horizonind.com)
Date: 08/25/05

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    You can go to http://www.bootdisk.com/ an get a dos boot disk image
    an make a bootible cdrom an use that. I'm doing something similar for
    a clients machine im working now , only he needs the boot disk to
    boot back into dos for the dos version of wordperfect. he is a blind
    person an knows the dos version of wordpect in an out an the speech
    software he uses to know what is on screen does not work week with ms
    word. I'm planning on pointing out to him open office tooo.
    Hope this helps.

    jack

    At 09:58 PM 8/24/2005, John Grant wrote:

    >I'm building a system from scratch and I've discovered that the MB
    >manufacturer has a BIOS update that I need to install. The manufacturer
    >says to use the Windows flashing program WinFlash or, failing that, make
    >a (MS)DOS bootable floppy, put the DOS-based awdflash utility and the
    >BIOS image on it, and boot from that.
    >
    >2 problems with those options..
    >
    > 1) I have no Windows OS on the system. in fact, I have no Windows
    > system on the premises. I bought the system as parts, so I don't
    > even have a disc I could install Windows from.
    >
    > 2) I have no floppy on the system to boot from, even if I could make a
    > bootable (MS)DOS floppy.
    >
    >So my questions are, is there a linux equivalent of the Windows-only
    >WinFlash utility that I can use under Linux to flash the BIOS? If not,
    >how do I make a bootable CD from the items at hand that I could use to
    >run the (MS)DOS utility from and flash the BIOS?
    >
    >The new system is in working order - the SuSE 9.3 eval and Knoppix 3.9
    >booted and ran just fine - but the HD only has a test installation from
    >the eval DVD which I was planning on scrapping anyway. In addition, I
    >have an old 8.5 SuSE system and a Mac PowerBook laptop that I could use,
    >both of which have CD/DVD burners on them, but no floppy drives.
    >
    >A (smug) friend with a Windows PC has offered to help, but he doesn't
    >have a floppy on his system either. I'd prefer a Linux-only solution if
    >at all possible anyway, otherwise I'll never hear the end of it. :P
    >
    >Sorry this isn't a SuSE question per-se, though it is in preparation for
    >installing 9.3.. hope that's close enough! ;)
    >
    >TIA,
    >
    > -John
    >
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