On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM Timothy M Butterworth < timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM Russ Puskarcik <rpuskar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have an ASUS 1001P with Rev 1202 BIOS. It does not recognize the hard >> drives boot sector. Apparently ASUS was aware of this and created a >> Boot-Tool for Linux that runs on Windows. I can't get that thing to work on >> XP or Windows 7. It asks for a bootable CD ROM, but when I provide one, >> nothing happens. It just doesn't work. I downloaded a newer version of the >> BIOS, but the only way to install the upgraded BIOS is from a fully working >> Windows 7 on the EeePC. That can't happen, because I've already installed >> Debian 12 on the hard drive. >> >> Any help I can get with this would be highly appreciated. >> > > I used to use ASUS a lot primarily because it ships with EZ Flash. With EZ > Flash you can write the BIOS image to a CD or USB Drive and install it > directly from within the BIOS. > > ASUS EZ Flash 3 - Introduction > https://www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1012815/ > > How to Update BIOS with ASUS Firmware Update/EZ Flash > https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1008859/ > I forgot to mention that if you use a USB drive it has to be formatted with FAT16 or FAT32. I usually use a CD-RW. If you Google "ASUS 1001P EZ Flash" Google's AI Overview provides step by step instructions. Russ Puskarcik >> 360-550-3136 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B13605503136> >> <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B13605503136> >> > > > -- > ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ > ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system > ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ > ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀ > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
