BIOS Flashing w/out a Floppy

[Kurt Wall]

On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 04:54:28PM -0800, Bill Campbell took 27 lines to write:
> 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?

Yes. I haven't a USB floppy, though, I don't know if my USB SD/CF cards are
bootable, that is, if my PC will boot from them.

Kurt
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