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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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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