Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

[Grant]

>> >> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility
>> >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in
>> >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a
>> >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the
>> >> utility via wine with no luck.
>> >
>> > Did you try the flashing utilities from the coreboot project?
>>
>> I looked into that, but the only Biostar motherboard in their list of
>> supported hardware is an old Pentium II/III:
>>
>> http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
>
> That's the list of supported boards for coreboot itself. I was talking about
> their flashrom tool (www.flashrom.org).

I should be able to use flashrom to flash my motherboard's BIOS?  Do I
need to check compatibility, or do I just go for it?

- Grant