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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:41:09
Message-Id: 20100120224026.0be1beb3@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility by Alan McKinnon
1 On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2
3 > > Don't tell my motherboard that or it will refuse to update next time
4 > > unless I run some program or other.
5 >
6 > So without a program to do flash updates (or at least some code
7 > somewhere that might not be in .exe or ELF format) how does your
8 > motherboard do flash updates?
9
10 There's code somewhere of course, but no program to run. I just put the
11 update file on a USB stick and hold down a key while booting. The code
12 runs direct from the motherboard, there's no operating system
13 requirement, it's a very civilized system.
14
15 Yes, I plug the stick in too, but I hope you'd already worked that bit
16 out :)
17
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19 --
20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
23 appreciates how difficult it was.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>