Re: Need to buy Windows to flash a BIOS?

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:56:54 -0400, TonyTheJavaTiger wrote:

I have to flash my BIOS and the only file Gigabyte provides is an exe. Do I
have to buy Windows to flash a BIOS? There's a lot of talk about having the
right drivers for printers and video cards, but not much about flashing BIOS,
it seems.

see this page
http://freshrpms.net/docs/bios-flash/l
you can use freedos to make a bootable iso cd.

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