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From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:54:27
Message-Id: 53e35fd51001200353h96bf312n4c4c5496caa37f8c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
2 > On 01/19/2010 06:26 PM, Grant wrote:
3 >>
4 >> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility
5 >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in
6 >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a
7 >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the
8 >> utility via wine with no luck.
9 >
10 > Most motherboard vendors also offer a bootable ISO image that will flash the
11 > BIOS automatically once booted from it.  Did you check whether Biostar
12 > offers this?
13 >
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18 i just wonder why we do not have BIOS flash program on linux.
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22 Best Regards,
23 David Shen
24
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Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>