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On 01/20/2010 01:53 PM, Xi Shen wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> On 01/19/2010 06:26 PM, Grant wrote: |
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>>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility |
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>>> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". I've flashed the BIOS in |
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>>> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a |
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>>> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it? I tried running the |
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>>> utility via wine with no luck. |
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>> Most motherboard vendors also offer a bootable ISO image that will flash the |
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>> BIOS automatically once booted from it. Did you check whether Biostar |
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>> offers this? |
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> i just wonder why we do not have BIOS flash program on linux. |
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Because most people use Windows so that vendors don't bother creating |
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Linux versions? :P |