Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

On 2016-06-06, Alan Corey wrote: > The hard drive I stick in when I want some operating systems on one > has XP Pro and OpenBSD 5.2. OpenBSD 5.2 doesn't have libpci even in > ports so that rules out flashrom unless I want to try to build libpci > from sources (or a

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

> Are you sure there is no iso image with self boot and update, ready to > be burned on a cdrom? I don't know for sure, but I think last time I > was using that. I don't own HP gear, but IBM/Lenovo has this kind of > iso image and I've used it a lot. Not as far as I can tell, and the guy at HP

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

The hard drive I stick in when I want some operating systems on one has XP Pro and OpenBSD 5.2. OpenBSD 5.2 doesn't have libpci even in ports so that rules out flashrom unless I want to try to build libpci from sources (or a distfile). I tried in XP safe mode running HP's sp40750.exe (which is a

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

Mon, 6 Jun 2016 23:36:46 +0300 li...@wrant.com > Mon, 6 Jun 2016 16:09:46 -0400 Alan Corey > > > 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

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

Mon, 6 Jun 2016 16:09:46 -0400 Alan Corey > > 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

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

> 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

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

Mon, 6 Jun 2016 09:52:49 -0400 Alan Corey > I don't see anything in there for flashing, just looking in pbrowser. That pbrowser is not available as a package (~7 months), its Makefile is in the attic. You could try sysutils/pkg_mgr as a port (package). CVS log for

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

OK, so that's why it wasn't in pbrowser yet. Running in single user mode sounds like a pain. Also the install puts the man page in /usr/local/share/man/man8 . And I haven't gotten to why it says not to run on laptops yet. On 6/6/16, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote: > See this:

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

>From flashrom's man page: Laptops Using flashrom on laptops is dangerous and may easily make your hardware unusable (see also the BUGS section). The embedded controller (EC) in these machines often interacts badly with flashing.

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

On Mon, Jun 06, 2016 at 09:52:49AM -0400, Alan Corey wrote: > > On the Arch Linux page at > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Flashing_BIOS_from_Linux there's > mention of a couple programs that might work: BiosDisk and Flashrom. > Anybody use either of those under OpenBSD? I haven't tried

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

> I have an HP Pavilion DV2700 laptop with an old BIOS version I'd like > to update. HP's official solution is to run something under the > dinosaur Windows Vista, which I was glad to wash my hands of about 7 > years ago. Are you sure there is no iso image with self boot and update, ready to be

Re: FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

On Mon, June 6, 2016 16:52, Alan Corey wrote: > I have an HP Pavilion DV2700 laptop with an old BIOS version I'd like > to update. HP's official solution is to run something under the > dinosaur Windows Vista, which I was glad to wash my hands of about 7 > years ago. > > I opened up HP's exe file

FOSS tools for flashing motherboard BIOS?

I have an HP Pavilion DV2700 laptop with an old BIOS version I'd like to update. HP's official solution is to run something under the dinosaur Windows Vista, which I was glad to wash my hands of about 7 years ago. I opened up HP's exe file (rename to a zip and unzip), inside is a 1 meg file