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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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  reply	other threads:[~2007-05-16 14:29 UTC|newest]

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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