firmware update issue

[wtw at fuse.net]

---- Doug Hunley <doug.hunley at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:06 AM, David A. Bandel <david.bandel at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Doug Hunley <doug.hunley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I finally have a compelling need to update a firmware here and I've
>> done the usual 'create a bootable FreeDOS image on a USB stick' but
>> the flash program says it 'cannot be run in DOS mode', so I need a
>> 'live cd' type thing of windows to make this work. Right? How does one
>> do that?
>
> Wow.  You must have a real off-brand motherboard (assuming we're
> talking about a BIOS update here).

Bios on a RAID controller, actually

> Most of the boards I've updated
> have at least had a bootable CD image I could put on a USB and boot
> (thanx to unetbootin).  Have you looked to see if they have other
> images?

Yup, that well was dry

> Don't know if it's possible to run a liveimage of Windoze.

Yeah, that was my impression when I gave up around midnight last nite ;(

Hey Doug,

There is BartPE you could try.  It's a bootable XP CD.  You might need an existing XP CD though to create it.  I don't remember.  

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Good luck.

--Tom