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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility
From: Xi Shen <davidshen84@googlemail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 01/19/2010 06:26 PM, Grant wrote:
>>
>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility
>> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". =C2=A0I've flashed the BIOS i=
n
>> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a
>> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it? =C2=A0I tried running the
>> utility via wine with no luck.
>
> Most motherboard vendors also offer a bootable ISO image that will flash =
the
> BIOS automatically once booted from it. =C2=A0Did you check whether Biost=
ar
> offers this?
>
>
>
i just wonder why we do not have BIOS flash program on linux.
--=20
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David Shen
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