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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility
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>> 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