Re: bios update from cdrom
O.K. I got this working now.
I started with the FREEDOS install disk, deleted everything in
/utils /games & /docs. When it booted I had to choose to install
or my keyboard would not work. When reaching the format and fdisk
hardrive screen I escape out and can update my bios.
Thanks for everyones help! Let me know if there is an easier way.
~Michael
On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 07:05:46PM -0700, Michael West wrote:
> An addendum. Is there a way I can use the exe boot floppy images
> from linux?
> If so, then my choice of boot images would be greatly increased.
>
> On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 06:02:16PM -0700, Michael West wrote:
> > I thought I had this figured out but I need more help.
> >
> > I have download a number of floppy images, all of the images are
> > full and I cannot add my bios update files to them.
> >
> > Since I don't need a full boot disk I took the freedos disk and
> > removed almost everything from it and added just the stuff I need,
> > but it wouldn't boot.
> >
> > I thought I could make a 288 floppy image to boot from and then
> > copy the 144 image onto it and have plenty of extra room, but I
> > can't find any utility for making a msdos filesystem from linux.
> >
> > freedos also had a bootable iso image but I couldn't figure out how
> > it worked well enough to un-iso it, add my 2 files, and re-iso it.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 11:32:57PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > > Hall Stevenson wrote:
> > >
> > > >* Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org) [020817 20:31]:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 05:14:29PM -0700, Michael West wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>On Sun, Aug 18, 2002 at 03:11:38AM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>On Sat, Aug 17, 2002 at 03:17:17PM -0700, Michael West wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> I do not have a floppy drive and have not felt the need for one
> > > >>>>> until now.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> How to I update my bios without a floppy? Can I use El Torito for
> > > >>>>> this? My current bios supports El Torito (SP?)
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>That's how I did it when the kids machine lacked a floppy, I put a Win85
> > > >>>>boot floppy on CD. You can even use 2.88Meg floppy images.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>> Thanks,
> > > >>> Any idea where I can get a Win85 (sic) floppy image?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >
> > > >Got any friends... that run any variation of Windows ??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>The last time I had to do this, I used a FreeDOS boot floppy, and it ran
> > > >>the BIOS update program fine. Try googling for "FreeDOS boot floppy" and
> > > >>you should be able to find some pre-built ones - the third hit (for
> > > >>XOSL) looks good, although I forget where I got the version I used.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >FreeDOS has a website here, http://www.freedos.org/. I found boot floppy
> > > >images linked here,
> > > >http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/beta8/instdisk/1.44/.
> > > >
> > > Or just go to www.bootdisk.com. They've got more boot images than you
> > > can shake a stick at. :) And lots of CD boot images as well. (They've
> > > even got debian boot disks. :)
> > >
> > > -Alex
> >
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