Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
On Friday 29 December 2000 01:36 pm, Vic wrote: But how can I run an .exe file in linux?? dos emulator don't work, it won't see any other files on the drive except the stupid little pre-installed idiotic stupid set of files already in there, so thats worthless dos emulator. I can't just copy the .exe file onto a blank floppy, it won't boot without the boot track, and I can't maek a boot track. I can format for dos, but I can't make it bootable. I need a disk image like dosboot.img then I can do Then do an ftp search on 'dosboot.img' ?? You'll get several. There's even 'dosboot.gz's by ftp, ... gunzip to a floppy. Vic, there's only 2 files ( 300k) need to boot DOS, 'command.com' and 'io.sys'. D/l these two files to a DOS floppy, plus the flash utility (eg, something like 'awdflash.exe') and the .bin file for the bios, and you're set to go. MOF, a minimal DOS boot floppy is best for flashing purposes. _Whatever you do, don't_ try flashing your bios using an emulator. If worse comes to worse I'll email you 'command.com' and 'io.sys' (DOS7.1). I do know, that with nothin but Linux, you can make a DOS bootdisk, add the flash utility and the bios.bin to it, boot it, and flash your motherboard's bios. I also believe that if you don't know, or aren't sure what you're doin. then don't, unless you're willin to trash your motherboard, or at least have to replace/re-program it's bios chip. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
Morning, But how can I run an .exe file in linux?? Only if the app is actually something that runs in Linux. The extensions, in most cases in Linux, are arbitrary. In this case, not likely. But again, if you can find a way to get it to floppy, you may have a chance. If it's not bootable, as was my bios update, your options are limited to either installing, at least, dos, or asking a friend to run the exe, which would likely ask for a floppy to format install the bios boot to. Thats why I like unix (Linux) better than dos or windows, hehehe. I'll go along with that. All I can find Windows being better for than a nix is as a game platform. Particularly since now with lm7.2 Enlightenment 0.15, as opposed to RH 6.0 whatever version of E came with that, I don't have to reboot at least once a day as I also had in Windows (though Windows often required multiple boots in a 24 hour period). Good luck. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
Hey Vic, Well I could use wine to run the .exe file or I could dd an image to a floppy--- I would prefer to dd an image file if possible. Any chance that's a dos, as opposed to a Win, executable? Like After running the extraction exe for my bios, there was a readme, an exe something else that ran when I'd booted it. Have you tried just booting with that disk? Maybe the coders had made it bootable. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
But how can I run an .exe file in linux?? dos emulator don't work, it won't see any other files on the drive except the stupid little pre-installed idiotic stupid set of files already in there, so thats worthless dos emulator. I can't just copy the .exe file onto a blank floppy, it won't boot without the boot track, and I can't maek a boot track. I can format for dos, but I can't make it bootable. I need a disk image like dosboot.img then I can do a dd if=dosboot.img of=/dev/fd0 if means "infile" and of means "outfile" that dd thingy takes the image file and rawly writes all its data to the file /dev/fd0 fd0 means floppydrive zero and the /dev directory is where all the devices are located, linux or any other unix system treats everything like a file, even devices, it connects its hardware to files so one can read or write data to them. Thats why I like unix (Linux) better than dos or windows, hehehe. Later :) On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Meph Istopheles wrote: Hey Vic, Well I could use wine to run the .exe file or I could dd an image to a floppy--- I would prefer to dd an image file if possible. Any chance that's a dos, as opposed to a Win, executable? Like After running the extraction exe for my bios, there was a readme, an exe something else that ran when I'd booted it. Have you tried just booting with that disk? Maybe the coders had made it bootable. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt-' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 20:20, you wrote: On Tuesday 26 December 2000 12:49 pm, Vic wrote: Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. Depends on the bios vendor which means you'll almost certainly need to boot DOS.http://bootdisk.com And, if you want to go really fancy, try http://www.acl.lanl.gov/linuxbios/ If they have one for your board Why use 20-year-old technology on your computer at all? Civileme
[newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. Thanks again Vic
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
All of the flash-BIOS utilities I know of require a DOS (or Windows 9x) boot disk. If you don't have a copy of DOS you can download DR-DOS for free (noncommercial use only) from ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/devsup/drdos/dr703.exe However you need to be able to run DOS to execute the self-extracting archive. You *may* (I haven't tried this) be able to extract this using a DOS emulator. I'm fairly sure one is included with Mandrake. Your best bet would probabally be to find someone to make a DOS or Win9x boot disk for you. (FORMAT A: /S) Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. Thanks again Vic
RE: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
May I ask why you need to flash the Bios? Chris Kelly Linux user #185775 -Original Message- From: Jim Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux? All of the flash-BIOS utilities I know of require a DOS (or Windows 9x) boot disk. If you don't have a copy of DOS you can download DR-DOS for free (noncommercial use only) from ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/devsup/drdos/dr703.exe However you need to be able to run DOS to execute the self-extracting archive. You *may* (I haven't tried this) be able to extract this using a DOS emulator. I'm fairly sure one is included with Mandrake. Your best bet would probabally be to find someone to make a DOS or Win9x boot disk for you. (FORMAT A: /S) Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. Thanks again Vic
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
On Tuesday 26 December 2000 12:49 pm, Vic wrote: Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. Depends on the bios vendor which means you'll almost certainly need to boot DOS.http://bootdisk.com -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [newbie] Flashing BIOS under Linux?
Can it be done or will I need to make a dos boot disc? I have only Linux on here, no dos or windows. That's pretty much determined by the MoBo manufacturer. We're talking about hard core down in nuts and bolts hardware here. Way, way, way before any OS gets involved in the picture. You'll just have to see what the board can do. Check their website to see if an updated bios is available. MB
Re: [newbie] flashing bios
On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I just downloaded the bios upgrade for my asus vx-97 from the asus site. The machine I have is pure Linux, no Windows. How do I flash the bios? Thanks, Can you get your hands on a DOS boot disk? ;-) IF so, just use the DOS boot disk and then switch to the disk with the flasher BIOS update. :-) Otherwise, I think you're SOL. John
Re: [newbie] flashing bios
John's right. Also, I'd send a letter of complaint to Asus. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and if enough Linux users start causing a fuss, it'll only move things along faster on the vendors end (you also have to back it up with your pocketbook.) Sam Original Message On 1/1/00, 7:13:19 PM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] flashing bios: On Sat, 01 Jan 2000, Hidong Kim wrote: Hi, I just downloaded the bios upgrade for my asus vx-97 from the asus site. The machine I have is pure Linux, no Windows. How do I flash the bios? Thanks, Can you get your hands on a DOS boot disk? ;-) IF so, just use the DOS boot disk and then switch to the disk with the flasher BIOS update. :-) Otherwise, I think you're SOL. John
