Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-02-20 Thread Grant
>> XP on a USB stick  It sounds like a Windows machine is necessary >> to build it, but once it's built it would be really handy. > > I have found my attempts at building this or a CD-based PE very frustrating > indeed. It seems like an awful lot of aggro when you could just download > exactly

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-24 Thread Grant
>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the >> utility via win

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-20 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Grant wrote: > I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility > is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". I've flashed the BIOS in > other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a > Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-20 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag 19 Januar 2010 23:58:24 schrieb Grant: > I should be able to use flashrom to flash my motherboard's BIOS? Do I > need to check compatibility, or do I just go for it? This exercise is left to the interested reader ;) Seriously, of course you should check compatibility before you use i

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Grant wrote: > I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility > is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in > other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a > Windows (not DOS) flashin

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Stroller wrote: > > On 19 Jan 2010, at 18:24, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Grant wrote: >>> >>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >>> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS i

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Grant
>> >> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >> >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in >> >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a >> >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Stroller
On 19 Jan 2010, at 19:34, Grant wrote: ... XP on a USB stick It sounds like a Windows machine is necessary to build it, but once it's built it would be really handy. I have found my attempts at building this or a CD-based PE very frustrating indeed. It seems like an awful lot of aggro w

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Grant
I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the utili

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Stroller
On 19 Jan 2010, at 18:24, Mark Knecht wrote: On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Grant wrote: I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". I've flashed the BIOS in other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag 19 Januar 2010 20:23:53 schrieb Grant: > >> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility > >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". I've flashed the BIOS in > >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a > >> Windows (not DOS) flashin

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Grant wrote: >>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >>> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in >>> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a >>> Windows (not DOS) flashing utili

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Grant
>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the >> utility via win

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Grant
>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the >> utility via win

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Grant
>> I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility >> is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in >> other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a >> Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it?  I tried running the >> utility via win

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag 19 Januar 2010 17:26:40 schrieb Grant: > I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility > is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". I've flashed the BIOS in > other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a > Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, w

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Grant wrote: > I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility > is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA".  I've flashed the BIOS in > other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a > Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility

2010-01-19 Thread ubiquitous1980
Grant wrote: > I need to update the BIOS on my Biostar motherboard, but the utility > is said to be "Windows 2000 / XP / VISTA". I've flashed the BIOS in > other systems by booting a FreeDOS CD, but that won't work for a > Windows (not DOS) flashing utility, will it? I tried running the > utility