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| From: | Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | [gentoo-user] Re: BIOS flash safe with dosemu ? | ||
| Date: | Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:10:41 | ||
| Message-Id: | ih4mls$hb7$1@dough.gmane.org | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] BIOS flash safe with dosemu ? by Helmut Jarausch |
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| 1 | On 01/18/2011 06:41 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
| 2 | > |
| 3 | > Hi, |
| 4 | > |
| 5 | > does anybody if it's safe to flash the BIOS using a DOS emulator like |
| 6 | > app-emulation/dosemu ? |
| 7 | |
| 8 | It won't work. The flashing tools are designed to be run in real mode. |
| 9 | Dosemu runs in vm86 mode. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Your best bet is to get a bootable *.iso from the mainboard |
| 12 | manufacturer, write it on CD and boot from it. |