Hi, you can create a bootable USB stick with FreeDOS: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=USB
I use it for BIOS updates and it works fine. kind regards, Robert On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:23:55 -0700 patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Francois Pussault > <fpussa...@contactoffice.fr> wrote: > > hi, > > Thanks for the quick reply. > > > > as far the usb stick is OK, you may put exe on its root directory > > then as you boot from CD, & see USBstick it will be unable to reject it. > > OK. I copied the windows exe file to root dir of the USB stick. Still > no go. The error message is: > > "The command is not recognized Type HELP for a list of supported commands" > > > if possible use a fat32 or vfat format on the USBstick > > Hmm.. currently it USB stick is "06 DOS > 32MB" format. I'll see if I > can find another spare one to reformat with fat32 (0x0b). > > > to disable file permitions check. > > How does one do this? > > --patrick > > > > I hop it can work like that > > > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > >> From: patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> > >> Sent: Sat Jun 11 07:45:02 CEST 2011 > >> To: misc <misc@openbsd.org> > >> Subject: updating netbook bios > >> > >> > >> So I have this gateway lt31 (someshit) netbook that hangs after random > >> number of zzz/wake cycles. I posted on misc@ about it a few times and > >> both Theo and Mike Larkin chimed in (privately) with advice and > >> patches; Much appreciated, but the problem persists. > >> > >> So I had the genius idea that updating the bios may help the situation. > >> > >> The problem: The bios update is a zip file with one DOS and one > >> Winblows executable. > >> > >> I don't have either OS. So I borrowed a Win XP and a Windows Server > >> 2003 CD from friends. > >> > >> I am able to boot off both of them (using an external USB CDROM) and > >> drop to a command prompt. This is in the hopes of executing the win > >> .exe file off a USB stick. > >> > >> Recap: I boot off CD fine. I am able to drop to a command prompt OK. I > >> am able to see the contents of the USB stick OK too. But I am unable > >> to execute the damn executable off the USB stick. > >> > >> I can't CD into the directory they are in (error message: not > >> allowed). I can "DIR folder" and get the listing of the > >> directory/folder with the executables within it. If I supply the full > >> path to the executable it doesn't run (I forget the exact error > >> message -- I should've written it down before giving up). > >> > >> So the question I have is how can I update this netbook's bios? > >> > >> --patrick > >> > > > > > > Cordialement > > Francois Pussault > > 3701 - 8 rue Marcel Pagnol > > 31100 Toulouse > > France > > +33 6 17 230 820 +33 5 34 365 269 > > fpussa...@contactoffice.fr
