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 ) id 1NXQ2R-0006vG-Hc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:11:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3381E0C1E for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:11:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f47.google.com (mail-pw0-f47.google.com [209.85.160.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB9FFE0976 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:55:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj10 with SMTP id 10so3132671pwj.26 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:55:28 -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=nJjgOh5Twx2j9hSphtV76PonQZtHkW+3ArZ3r1KXJkU=; b=vMqIFclbtBIYGixxe7J40im74SzxZEX+NoVZeCaXMwjYJNXThcsxfL2JE2Tj2vSL/Y ZLXv0ECyBBuEtKWqeS9Jr93KUnVLjaC+zZKoV8tK7CqX6Ig+jAHqBAaxQeefq4BZPIWG ZapYtUeU0b7VLdufHF4gO0823SbaAa7YsTcIc= 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=Lj6WJwBFfoT/k/seADIkVxwCLRBNzwaoe11IZLGiYxMG8nrHgWn2jQcbx2TKXJ33Ib uH/wmFfrWBBs4//sBFUZPs8y/W9rDnHmEAFt9E/qNhJjBGUdxYqpAK4GQxMsqsErcxuP pPxzpgs6XADpoh8nhYgJmZGqRjEHjvdj1edgI= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.154.33 with SMTP id g33mr4952647wfo.193.1263948927760; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:55:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <49bf44f11001190826v1532c970s9df5da5c52d3f6b9@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b1001191024k2799ae9bq30f46a978413820d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:55:27 -0800 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b1001191655k306670ffhc9d0f823079af143@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 34d3f938-6716-4b83-9c6b-beedea9d7bb5 X-Archives-Hash: cf7f3c04968196a30115f186ba0f9651 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 19 Jan 2010, at 18:24, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM, 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 = in >>> 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. >> >> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html > > Isn't it the case that you need Windows to install that? > > Yay! I love recursion! > > Stroller. > Yep - it's absolutely recursive. However how can you use Windows if you don't own a copy to use? I have licenses. If someone doesn't have a license then this isn't a good solution. - Mark