Re: how to apply bios firmware update?
Joshua Lewis wrote: >If you have another system to use temporally and a copy of Windows you >can download BartPE and create a Windows boot CD. You can then boot >from the CD and load the update either from a secondary CD drive or >HDD or something. >Sincerely, >Joshua Lewis > > Original Message > Subject: how to apply bios firmware update? > From: Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, July 21, 2006 3:47 pm > To: FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi > I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it > assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute > whatever.exe and > reboot. > Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware > running > freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? > Thanks, Erik > -- > Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org > X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt > Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > On my Toshiba, they offer a CD Bootable image which you burn on a cd and simply boot of that CD :) -- -- Yousef Adnan Raffah Security Officer The Savola Group --- Aren't you using http://www.getfirefox.com>Firefox? Get it at http://www.getfirefox.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: how to apply bios firmware update?
Dimitar Vasilev wrote: > Usually firmware updates require that you either run them to extract > some files that later you run under DOS or are targeted to run under DOS > when you boot directly. > Could you tell your brand - it could help a little? > FreeDOS or something like this should do - depends what the instructions > to the file say. > You may look for a archiver under dos that extracts SFX .exe files. Thanks all, I will try the various suggestions - it ought to be enough to boot some DOS like system, but the instructions assumes you are running XP :( It's a Sony VAIO FJ3S, and it turns out that they ship it with windows and allows you to create recover dvd's but you can't boot off of them, and there were no install cd's at all with the product. So now I wiped the disk to make room for a decent system it seems I have crossed the point of no return. - and for those who think of purchasing one because they are cool: sound, wifi and usb doesn't work out of the box :( it seems to be some interrupt stuff for usb, sound has no driver and the wifi fails to load the firmware - I will ask about these things once I'm sure I'm stuck... Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: how to apply bios firmware update?
On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 04:29:11PM -0400, Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik N?rgaard > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: how to apply bios firmware update? > > Hi > > I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes > that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot. > > Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running > freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? > > Thanks, Erik > > -- > > > Erik, > > > 1) If you're using a laptop that supports booting from a USB device, you > might temporarily install windows on a big, big thumb drive for the purposes > of installing your bios update. > > 2) On the off chance that your update runs under DOS, you can get what you > need to create a DOS boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/. > > 3) Bootdisk.com has other boot disk version up to Win XP. Heck, they're > free to try > > 3) Sadly, there's no "Knoppix" version of Windows that boots from a CD but > you could temporarily connect a hard disk as a worst case... Not exactly Knoppix but based on it is: http://www.ubcd4win.com/ I have used this to rescue data from many a downed workstation. It will give you an XP environment to work in. > > > > Rich Mayo > SRI International > -- Michael Galvez http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mrg8n Information Technology Specialist University of Virginia USENIX Member ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: how to apply bios firmware update?
You might also contact the laptop vendor for an RMA??? Rich Mayo SRI International x76435 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Nørgaard Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: how to apply bios firmware update? Hi I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot. Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: how to apply bios firmware update?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Nørgaard Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 3:47 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: how to apply bios firmware update? Hi I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot. Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? Thanks, Erik -- Erik, 1) If you're using a laptop that supports booting from a USB device, you might temporarily install windows on a big, big thumb drive for the purposes of installing your bios update. 2) On the off chance that your update runs under DOS, you can get what you need to create a DOS boot disk from http://www.bootdisk.com/. 3) Bootdisk.com has other boot disk version up to Win XP. Heck, they're free to try 3) Sadly, there's no "Knoppix" version of Windows that boots from a CD but you could temporarily connect a hard disk as a worst case... Rich Mayo SRI International smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: how to apply bios firmware update?
Usually firmware updates require that you either run them to extract some files that later you run under DOS or are targeted to run under DOS when you boot directly. Could you tell your brand - it could help a little? FreeDOS or something like this should do - depends what the instructions to the file say. You may look for a archiver under dos that extracts SFX .exe files. Good luck! 2006/7/21, Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot. Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 -- Димитър Василев Dimitar Vassilev GnuPG key ID: 0x4B8DB525 Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint: D88A 3B92 DED5 917E 341E D62F 8C51 5FC4 4B8D B525 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: how to apply bios firmware update?
If you have another system to use temporally and a copy of Windows you can download BartPE and create a Windows boot CD. You can then boot from the CD and load the update either from a secondary CD drive or HDD or something. Sincerely, Joshua Lewis Original Message Subject: how to apply bios firmware update? From: Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, July 21, 2006 3:47 pm To: FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi I have just downloaded a bios firmware update for my laptop, but it assumes that I run windows: close all programs, execute whatever.exe and reboot. Is there some utility that will allow me to update the firmware running freebsd or temporarily boot in some windows emulated environment? Thanks, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
