From: Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8.
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:21:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <464B1375.1090806@exceedtech.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <464B0E55.2080702@ep.mine.nu>
Neil Walker wrote:
> Karl Haines wrote:
>> Actually, updating the BIOS to the newest version is almost ALWAYS a
>> good thing.
>
> I keep all the BIOSs im my machines uptodate (8 at the moment,
> building another tomorrow). ;)
>
>> Having XP installed makes no difference, except that you
>> can (with some MBs) update from within windows. They ALL, however,
>> support a BIOS update from a bootable DOS floppy. Hope this helps!
>>
>
> I haven't owned a floppy drive in years so I have to be a bit more
> devious. ;)
>
> Anyway, thanks for your advice. :)
>
>
> Be lucky,
>
> Neil
>
>
Now that most puters don't have a floppy, how will people update the
BIOS?? I don't have windoze at all and my next rig may not have a
floppy either.
Will there be a way to do it from a CD/DVD?
Curious.
Dale
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Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-11 10:06 [gentoo-user] Panic at boot time after update kernel to 2.6.20-r8 David Harel
2007-05-11 11:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2007-05-11 14:39 ` David Harel
2007-05-11 14:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-11 15:11 ` Alan McKinnon
2007-05-12 16:22 ` David Harel
2007-05-12 18:45 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-12 19:10 ` David Harel
2007-05-12 19:47 ` Graham Murray
[not found] ` <46461CE8.2080900@ergolight-sw.com>
2007-05-12 21:44 ` Graham Murray
2007-05-13 6:10 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-13 21:13 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-13 21:38 ` Graham Murray
2007-05-14 7:19 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-15 17:37 ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-05-15 23:30 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-15 23:40 ` Karl Haines
2007-05-16 5:44 ` Roman Zimmermann
2007-05-16 13:59 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-16 14:21 ` Dale [this message]
2007-05-16 14:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-16 14:54 ` Dale
2007-05-16 21:10 ` Dan Farrell
2007-05-16 21:33 ` Dale
2007-05-16 22:01 ` Randy Barlow
2007-05-16 22:36 ` Dale
2007-05-17 9:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-17 14:55 ` Dale
2007-05-18 10:51 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-16 15:36 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-16 19:43 ` Dale
2007-05-16 20:57 ` Neil Walker
2007-05-16 21:35 ` Dale
2007-05-11 15:33 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
2007-05-11 12:24 ` Dirk Heinrichs
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