> Upgrading sqlports-compact keeps your pkg_mgr aware of current ports. > >> So, I guess I should look at BiosDisk too. > > If one utility warns you could potentially have unpredictable flashing > results, how is the other utility that does not warn you so different? > > Tech support may not be engineering support, which you could then need. > Simply just use the manufacturer tools and not blame third party tools. >
Because of the dozens of different machines on which this runs I'm not sure that mine is one that has the problem. I'd like to actually see the warning before I decide not to use it. Biosdisk is about 6 years old so I decided to not go that route. Of course the machine is about 10 years old and so is the BIOS image. The manufacturer tools rely on Windows Vista which I don't have or want. If they had a more typical floppy image file I'd use it. I suspect it might run under XP but I don't have a way to put XP on the machine, since it's booting from CD/DVD I'm trying to fix. Although I do have a hard drive with XP on it from another machine which blue screens on this one, maybe I can bring it up in safe mode or something. Especially if it doesn't need GUI. Inside HP's upgrade file is: total 7600 drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16384 Jun 5 15:14 INSIDE total 96 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 36864 Mar 15 2007 FLASHER.EXE -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 175 Sep 12 2006 FLASHER.INI drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16384 Jun 5 15:14 winphlash drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 16384 Jun 5 15:14 winphlash64 ./INSIDE/winphlash: total 4096 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1083214 Aug 26 2008 30CDF2D.WPH -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 32768 Aug 14 2007 FLASH.DLL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 567 Aug 26 2008 FLASH1.INI -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2816 Jun 20 2007 FLASH1.SYS -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 995383 Jun 6 2002 MFC42.DLL -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 401462 Jun 6 2002 MSVCP60.DLL -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 266293 Jun 6 2002 MSVCRT.DLL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 298 Oct 5 2007 PHLASH.INI -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26883 Mar 3 2006 Phlash9X.vxd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 200704 Mar 1 2006 PhlashLc.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 38592 Oct 19 2006 PhlashNT.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 45056 Aug 14 2007 WFLASH.EXE -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 283648 Aug 3 2004 WINHLP32.EXE -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 380454 Jan 8 2003 WINPHLASH.HLP -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 290816 Oct 19 2006 WinPhlash.exe ./INSIDE/winphlash64: total 5824 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1083214 Aug 26 2008 30CDF2D.WPH -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 32768 May 11 2007 FLASH.DLL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 562 Aug 26 2008 FLASH2.INI -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 36864 May 11 2007 FLASH64.EXE -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 635392 Mar 15 2007 FLASH64H.EXE -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 995383 Jun 6 2002 MFC42.DLL -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 401462 Jun 6 2002 MSVCP60.DLL -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 266293 Jun 6 2002 MSVCRT.DLL -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 298 Oct 5 2007 PHLASH.INI -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 200704 Sep 28 2005 PhlashLc.dll -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44400 Mar 28 2007 PhlashNT.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 283648 Aug 3 2004 WINHLP32.EXE -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 356352 Apr 10 2007 WinPhlash64.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1498301 Dec 22 2006 Winphlash.HLP -- Credit is the root of all evil. - AB1JX
