Thanks again y'all...
I have begun the process of backing up my RHEL4 install so that I can install a small XP partition, then reinstall Linux and restore... Very long process, I guess I should have done this in the beginning, but was hopeful that I would never ever need XP again...Oh well...
Thanks !!!
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:36:52 -0500
From: "John C. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Re: [LinuxR3000] New BIOS]
To: "Linux on AMD64 laptops (Compaq and HP)"
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On Monday 05 December 2005 7:35 pm, JT Moree wrote:
> Jim Webb wrote:
> > Thanks JT,
> > I have booted the LinuxRescueCD and can boot FreeDos, but the update
> > file that I got from HP (sp31533.exe) cannot be run in DOS mode.
> >
> > Is there another place that I can get the BIOS update?
>
> oh wait. i may be thinking of the desktop amd64 machine. it does not
> have windows so I use freedos. but for this laptop I might have used
> windows. I left it a few gigs and keep it around for such things.
I can confirm this. I updated the BIOS on my R3000 a couple months ago and
was forced to load Win XP back on the machine to run the update. I can't
find it in my notes, but if I recall correctly I tried booting freeDOS first,
then a Win98 boot CD I had, but HP's BIOS upgrade demanded Win XP. At the
time I made a determined effort to work around it b/c all the Micros#!t
software had been oblitterated from the machine, but eventually gave up and
loaded XP back on the machine to do the update. I was wiping the drive and
doing a complete re-install anyway. After the BIOS upgrade I wiped the drive
again and haven't missed XP. I doubt there will be another BIOS upgrade for
this machine anyway (at least not for me).
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