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-106536-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1NXwz1-0005FY-My for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:22:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09DEFE06D8; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:21:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f174.google.com (mail-px0-f174.google.com [209.85.216.174]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE437E06D8 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:20:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi4 with SMTP id 4so4264114pxi.32 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:20:59 -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; bh=JAVvij2aCOU09piDivSUJLaBsN2D6iWjiyL7DiTLRRw=; b=IYEJgiwOJgmC/9wUMkVDQfWKEfY6uHR1rfTXJmu/yYoyALo+FQBdVI/gw0/vyWgoa4 7/wdtI9ufa8ndbWhkstxQGXJ799I8o4BAtHD9Uj/mBBIqTiz1SrhcOnSSG8AZISaJ5WQ zzflJDT6ajQtH809p0XaRROnEvvWz3pB59/kE= 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; b=haYrY8qQj/App5e/U783fe+NvIko5XrLHSH/PaVpjx1XCf3fx/Ul9doolixNNky4UK dgeRj7vBxZxQR+X3Zm/CEmuZRtfL0idwulS67/B7zSkNiYWPD0YXIeCLzWl/ui8RWoA9 YXgCVUHuoBT+br/kc0GjYorLN4pceLlNepAd8= 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 10.142.6.13 with SMTP id 13mr1010321wff.39.1264080059375; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:20:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201001210936.58713.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> References: <49bf44f11001190826v1532c970s9df5da5c52d3f6b9@mail.gmail.com> <201001202339.46614.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <20100120224026.0be1beb3@digimed.co.uk> <201001210936.58713.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:20:59 -0800 Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b1001210520w4108bfbbu8a0d15240580c65a@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: b81ef041-a51e-45ef-96b2-a0d592c16eb9 X-Archives-Hash: 8de9d165e5e7ca31c1cf1c1d81a45ae0 On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 21 January 2010 00:40:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:39:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> > > Don't tell my motherboard that or it will refuse to update next time >> > > unless I run some program or other. >> > >> > So without a program to do flash updates (or at least some code >> > somewhere that might not be in .exe or ELF format) how does your >> > motherboard do flash updates? >> >> There's code somewhere of course, but no program to run. I just put the >> update file on a USB stick and hold down a key while booting. The code >> runs direct from the motherboard, there's no operating system >> requirement, it's a very civilized system. > > Yes, very civilised. > > I have a hacked-up-too-gazooks android phone that works the same way > It doesn't help Grant (at least directly) but the new Intel MB I got to replace my 5 year old Asus which fried last week lists 4 ways to update BIOS: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18509&ProdId=3142&lang=eng The fourth is specifically for Linux systems. - Mark