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 1NXQ4P-00076c-27 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:13:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B199FE0CD5 for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:13:20 +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 2205BE08DD for ; Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:57:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj10 with SMTP id 10so3134000pwj.26 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:57:56 -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=wsGPIUhlvfQnq9uHpMMwLrX2INyVHZHtFJyBtRStkt4=; b=GD4/YgVfdwELLDq28OvJ0oxm8zDiTYc4QEYs+WPwRwXGC7275AoH7j6ftggOK9jN1+ qtuHxLHX/3quO6rWqAidRp/GQOkH407vC2sZoauPlLF2XB1UmyD8rR/U0sJdy+xDf94F hGZgsT6w3jbwzuLZW4Vq28hDKWQT3vw4S0azc= 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=O04nZexgBADegeKnVNt2F/txoEbQxHtyFgcI7ItH7iwefoCgs16rlxTjf8i9rrSuE4 5BLgdizmwcJ/gzHR1uW2a4YOMp8vN27lzR+eErohHv8XYS6/SmgB5fI5qvO/0vmHFl24 chrcz0mWkydMO4gCxX569vM3dFudr9E1zo0OY= 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 10.142.61.39 with SMTP id j39mr1900689wfa.299.1263949076625; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:57:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <49bf44f11001191455t37f0ca0xe4245c5f47c34448@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f11001190826v1532c970s9df5da5c52d3f6b9@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b1001191024k2799ae9bq30f46a978413820d@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f11001191134v47007ae9jbab69d03e5ba11e@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b1001191227x1e31f502wa1abd6c767493e8c@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f11001191455t37f0ca0xe4245c5f47c34448@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:57:56 -0800 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b1001191657h59f936bfqb08f17417a552d4c@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: 9e33443d-c80d-4353-ac89-d6709ba4d6dd X-Archives-Hash: 803fb6c78e6d002bd418af88582a8b1f On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:55 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 BIO= S 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 th= e >>>>> utility via wine with no luck. >>>>> >>>>> - Grant >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/windows-pocket,1113.html >>> >>> XP on a USB stick.... =C2=A0It sounds like a Windows machine is necessa= ry >>> to build it, but once it's built it would be really handy. >>> >>> - Grant >>> >>> >> >> I keep one around. It works sometimes, as long as your Windows machine >> hardware doesn't need anything terribly unique. It's helped me with >> flashing firmware on RME sound cards. They require Windows also. >> >> Just thought I'd mention it. It's a bit of work, but once it's done >> you don't have to mess with Windows on the disk. >> >> Good luck, >> Mark > > Hi Mark, > > What's wrong with hardware that needs unique software? =C2=A0Doesn't the > USB key work just like XP on an HD? > > - Grant > > Sure, but if you set this up on one machine and then try to use it on another machine that has different hardware then it may or may not work. My experience is mostly it doesn't. I've wanted to learn to set up a little library of USB images of which I'd load the one I wanted into the flash drive when I needed it, but the flash drives are so cheap these days that it's just easier to have 5 or 6 of them laying around. Then the only problem is remembering which one works with a specific machine. - Mark