Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:28:22 +0100
Subject: Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain
From: Idwer Vollering
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, flash...@flashrom.org
Another approach is to use an external SPI programmer:
http://flashrom.org
> I've HP compaq 6715s laptop.
> It's all right with 10-current.
> I've got wireless and at one point
> I even managed to get flash working.
>
> My problem is with BIOS.
> Apparently it's wrong and John Baldwin
> provided me with a pci.c patch to get
> it to boot.
>
> There is an updated BIOS versi
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:44:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jakub Lach
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: laptop with no BIOS? or BIOS reflash pain
More civilised notebook manufactures usually provide
also self booting (CD) image to update BIOS
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:44:19 -0700 (PDT), Jakub Lach wrote:
> More civilised notebook manufactures usually provide
> also self booting (CD) image to update BIOS
> (e.g. Lenovo/ThinkPad).
I've recently heared (but not verified) that some
manufacturers provide floppy disk images that can
be used
More civilised notebook manufactures usually provide
also self booting (CD) image to update BIOS
(e.g. Lenovo/ThinkPad).
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On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:40:20 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> From br...@cran.org.uk Thu Oct 25 09:22:33 2012
>
>
> On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht
> wrote:
>
> > I'm probably missing something here.
> > ia64 uses EFI, but there's nothing
> >
On 25 Oct 2012, at 09:40, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> So this means I might not
> be able to boot freebsd at all
> on future ia64 boxes..
Ignore the FUD - there will be an option to disable it in the firmware/BIOS
settings.
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From br...@cran.org.uk Thu Oct 25 09:22:33 2012
On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht
wrote:
> I'm probably missing something here.
> ia64 uses EFI, but there's nothing
> about checking for "non-signed" code.
> I can boot VMS, FreeBSD, lin
On 25 Oct 2012, at 08:52, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> I'm probably missing something here.
> ia64 uses EFI, but there's nothing
> about checking for "non-signed" code.
> I can boot VMS, FreeBSD, linux, etc.
> And, by the way, firmware updates from EFI via e.g.
> USB flash drives is trivial on ia
From cpgh...@cordula.ws Thu Oct 25 03:40:28 2012
Heh... ;-)
(U)EFI is nothing new for us old farts: we've had OpenBoot[1] on
Sun hardware for ages, and even though it didn't limit us w.r.t. the
OS you wanted to boot (that's why you can install FreeBSD/sparc
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:38:48 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>> Anyway, I think I've heard there are some laptops
>> with no BIOS, is this true?
>
> Per termini technici, yes.
>
> Some systems use EFI (or UEFI) instead of a BIOS. It's
> c
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:38:48 +0100 (BST), Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
> There is an updated BIOS version, but
> so far I failed to get it installed.
> HP only provide MS and freedos executables.
> I tried BartPE - doesn't work.
Maybe you can utilize the approach to create the "typical"
DOS boot disk
I've HP compaq 6715s laptop.
It's all right with 10-current.
I've got wireless and at one point
I even managed to get flash working.
My problem is with BIOS.
Apparently it's wrong and John Baldwin
provided me with a pci.c patch to get
it to boot.
There is an updated BIOS version, but
so far I fai
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