Since Acer tells you nothing about why Vista needs a new BIOS, it is impossible to tell whether it would help your problem, or not.
The warning is a general one. If a BIOS reflashing goes wrong, the motherboard may be bricked. On the other hand, I have done this operation many times and it has never gone wrong. Yes, using the ">>" adds the output of a second command to the end of the file. That usage is standard for Unix, which Linux has copied. -- B43 driver causing numerous APIC errors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222174 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs