Re: [Freedos-user] Re : Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

Le lun., 28 juin 2021 14:46:02 -0400 Ralf Quint écrit >> That's a bad example I guess... it does indeed run under DOSEMU2 >> ... but make DOSEMU2 crash: >> ERROR: general protection at 0x7f1952c6d798: 2e while collecting >> information. >That is to be expected. As

[Freedos-user] Re : Re : Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

Ok, now that I revisted: https://support.hp.com/ca-en/drivers/selfservice/closure/hp-pavilion-g6-notebook-pc-series/5082228/model/5141422?ssfFlag=true= I am think it was HP site that was mentioning FreeDOS compatible exe, but when ran on FreeDOS would say: "This program cannot be run is DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Re : Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

On 6/28/2021 11:42 AM, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user wrote: >https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=tjgkp=w764=optiplex-3020m-desktop >

[Freedos-user] Re : Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

>https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=tjgkp=w764=optiplex-3020m-desktop > >the page says: "This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The >Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from any Windows or MS DOS >environment." but it is

Re: [Freedos-user] Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

The PE format uses a DOS stub prefix which usually handles DOS execution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Executable#History On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 11:10 AM Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I have an example (from Dell): > > >

[Freedos-user] Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

I have an example (from Dell): https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-ca/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=tjgkp=w764=optiplex-3020m-desktop the page says: "This file format consists of a BIOS executable file. The Universal (Windows/MS DOS) format can be used to install from any Windows or MS

Re: [Freedos-user] Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 17:01, Frantisek Rysanek wrote: > That's a good point, never thought about that :-) "This isn't my first rodeo." > > > Non-technical users (that is, most of them) would not know what to do > > with a Zip file. > > > Ooompfh! :-) :-) :-) > Clearly Mr. Proven you have much

Re: [Freedos-user] Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

On 28 Jun 2021 at 14:09, Liam Proven wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 13:36, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user > wrote: > > > > More than once, I saw a motherboard manufucturer (I think it is ASUS) > > claiming to have FreeDOS exe to upgrade the BIOS > > but found the programs were Windows exe and

Re: [Freedos-user] Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

On Mon, 28 Jun 2021 at 13:36, Paul Dufresne via Freedos-user wrote: > > More than once, I saw a motherboard manufucturer (I think it is ASUS) > claiming to have FreeDOS exe to upgrade the BIOS > but found the programs were Windows exe and would not run on FreeDOS. Question: Is it possible the

[Freedos-user] Upgrading the BIOS with FreeDOS

(while reading question 1 of the survey...) More than once, I saw a motherboard manufucturer (I think it is ASUS) claiming to have FreeDOS exe to upgrade the BIOS but found the programs were Windows exe and would not run on FreeDOS. It is becoming less a problem because UEFI firmware