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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:11:20
Message-Id: 5bdc1c8b1001191655k306670ffhc9d0f823079af143@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility by Stroller
1 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Stroller
2 <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3 >
4 > On 19 Jan 2010, at 18:24, Mark Knecht wrote:
5 >
6 >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility
9 >>> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in
10 >>> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a
11 >>> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the
12 >>> utility via wine with no luck.
13 >>
14 >> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html
15 >
16 > Isn't it the case that you need Windows to install that?
17 >
18 > Yay! I love recursion!
19 >
20 > Stroller.
21 >
22
23 Yep - it's absolutely recursive. However how can you use Windows if
24 you don't own a copy to use? I have licenses. If someone doesn't have
25 a license then this isn't a good solution.
26
27 - Mark