BIOS Flashing w/out a Floppy
Bill Campbell
linux-sxs
Sun Dec 25 20:38:32 PST 2005
On Sun, Dec 25, 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
>Hello, all,
>
>I wanted to update the BIOS on my computer but faced a problem: no
>floppy drive and no DOS or Windows. Almost all of the BIOS flashing
>programs require either a floppy or DOS/Windows or both because the
>flashing programs run from DOS (uniflash notwithstanding -- see
>http://uniflash.org/). Fortunately, smarter people than me worked out
>the details. Here are the general steps -- I'll write it up as an SxS
>this evening -- which presumes you have boot-capable CD-ROM:
Might this be possible/easier using a USB floppy or bootable USB flash?
Bill
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