From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-106447-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1NXJqT-0005Zb-RC for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:34 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B4B5FE0B3A; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f199.google.com (mail-pz0-f199.google.com [209.85.222.199]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81436E0B3A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so687635pzk.10 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:34:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=4vnp24iPEy5qLukuy3/+onPRnGgEFoHv9iF/vAOcyUo=; b=iGXmR++7eseR48XKPNWtQZ2v6zJqFRksoB6w+eaIyXG/k/OxNHbL2VuPBVKu+ajiul oK/KIl8CTJw2ufOEij/bL1L4s9O/BGgIGse6cpO41RTcg1gjW2Xi//Hpa+yeG9frQdnE H9Q7ZCjZo0RPUSvu9yfVvg7lABXHYNmpToJy0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oXWuaJV403G6M2V6vq/4gjnvcqybffiRlFuCfNfFrrMCWxCvTC/voAykB1Yd1Kq0tr VDfmdkYiWVpvpurBX5hkQswujy5OYHC95rzZ/CUwKFtup49lmu9o+B26NYQ8CgE07hLL t0p2xwmgqcpZEPz4wK32gtWB61tKY0Bk6+YXg= Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.186.21 with SMTP id j21mr3048330waf.191.1263929649966; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:34:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b1001191024k2799ae9bq30f46a978413820d@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f11001190826v1532c970s9df5da5c52d3f6b9@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b1001191024k2799ae9bq30f46a978413820d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:34:09 -0800 Message-ID: <49bf44f11001191134v47007ae9jbab69d03e5ba11e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f1f15a93-4db6-4c27-a668-a3c059f92404 X-Archives-Hash: e4cbcaf3cda753f7256affdee43b131e >> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". =A0I'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? =A0I tried running the >> utility via wine with no luck. >> >> - Grant >> >> > > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html XP on a USB stick.... It sounds like a Windows machine is necessary to build it, but once it's built it would be really handy. - Grant